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首页英语词典eleganceelegance的意思

elegance

英 ['elɪg(ə)ns] 美['ɛləgəns]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词civility style refinement glory beauty grace

n. 典雅；高雅

TOEFL中频词扩展词汇

词态变化

复数: elegances;副词: elegantly;形容词: elegant;

英英释意

1. a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

英文词源

elegance (n.): c. 1500, "tastefulness, correctness, harmoniousness, refinement," of speech or prose, from Middle French élégance, from Latin elegantia "taste, propriety, refinement," from elegantem (see elegant). Earlier form was elegancy (early 15c.). Meaning "refined luxury" is from 1797. Via French come German Eleganz, Swedish elegans, etc.

考试真题

His insistence on putting users first, and focusing on elegance and simplicity, has become deep-rooted in his own company, and is spreading to rival firms too.

I love the colonial fabrics, all the silver work, the furnishings, the combination of elegance and simplicity.

In his modernist view, beauty lies in simplicity and elegance, and the aim of the designer is to create solutions to problems through the most efficient means.

But they were popular because of their airy glass walls, the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings' details and proportions, the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.

Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance.

实用场景例句

In the dining-room the draperies create an atmosphere of elegance.: 在餐厅里，打褶装饰物能营造雅致的氛围。

His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style.: 他的作品简洁明晰，文风典雅。

There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.: 他举止优雅而庄重。

The furniture managed to combine practicality with elegance.: 那些家具将实用和典雅完美结合。

The king carried himself with his customary elegance.: 国王保持着一贯的温文尔雅。

The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.: 夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。

She was the personification of elegance.: 她是典雅的化身。

The furnishings in the room imparted an air of elegance.: 这个房间的家具带给这房间一种优雅的气氛.

The ornamental ironwork lends a touch of elegance to the house.: 铁艺饰件为房子略添雅致.

The room had the elegance of a bygone era.: 这个房间有着旧时代的优雅.

The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.: 那尊雕像具有一种柔和、一种独特格调、一种忧郁沉思的雅致.

The dress reflects our signature style of understated elegance with a strong feeling of individuality.: 这条裙子体现了我们所追求的低调优雅又有强烈个性感的独特风格。

She managed to impart great elegance to the unpretentious dress she was wearing.: 她使自己朴素的衣着看起来也十分优雅。

The pews, the pulpit and the altar are of a piece with the simple elegance of the church itself.: 长木椅、布道坛和祭坛都与教堂朴素高雅的气氛一致.

Everyone admired her elegance and her beauty.: 人人都羡慕她的优雅和美丽。