urbanity
英 [ɜː'bænɪtɪ]
美[ɝ'bænəti]
- n. 都市风格；雅致；有礼貌
词态变化
复数: urbanities;副词: urbanely;形容词: urbane;
英英释意
- 1. polished courtesy; elegance of manner
英文词源
- urbanity (n.)
- 1530s, from Middle French urbanité (14c.) and directly from Latin urbanitatem (nominative urbanitas) "city life; life in Rome; refinement, city fashion or manners, elegance, courtesy," also "wit, raillery, trickery," from urbanus (see urban).
考试真题
- Smith has written a breezy guidebook, with a series of short chapters dedicated to specific aspects of urbanity - parks, say, or the various schemes that have been put forward over the years for building the perfect city.
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- with the rise of a new concept in urban planning that aims to make life easier and more convenient, however, increasing popularity for urban areas that caused the real estate pushes, in major cities like San Francisco or New York, has inspired a type of f
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
实用场景例句
- Outside New England, a comparable urbanity could be found.
- 新英格兰以外的地区也有相当典雅的作品.
辞典例句
- I had always been aware of a frame of malevolence under his urbanity.
- 我常常觉察到,在他温文尔雅的下面掩藏着一种恶意.
辞典例句
- His classical urbanity comes to his relief -- if one can attribute urbanity to a former Agrarian.
- 是他的古典的优雅风格挽救了他, 如果我们可以用优雅这两个字来形容过去的重农主者的话.
辞典例句
- The hostess presided at table with tact and urbanity.
- 女主人招待客人进餐时风雅而又得体.
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- There is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity.
- 朴实和文雅之间有很大的差别.
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- The film compares the streamlined urbanity of the visitors with the homely simplicity of the villagers.
- 电影将来访者高效的城市生活与村民们朴素简单的农家生活做了比较.
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