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gentryn.
1. class of gentlemen,people of good birth and breeding贵族阶级，有高贵出身和教养的人们。
△Mac.5.2.8:“Ihave a file / Of all the gentry.”i.e.I have a list of all the important people in the army. 我有 一张全军高级将领的名单。
2. gentlemanliness,gentlemanly behaviour,gentility,courtesy,elegance 绅士风度，绅士举止，优雅气派，礼貌，雅致。
△Ham.2.2.22:“To show us so much gentry and good will”. 对我们表示一番盛情雅意。
△Ham.5.2.115(109):“he is the card or calendar of gentry；”i.e. the guide to gentility,the model of elegance. 他是绅士气派的指南针和日志。
3. gentle birth,rank of gentleman 高贵出身，高贵身份。ancient gentry: hereditary rank of gentleman世袭的高贵身份。
△1H.VI.2.4.92: “And,by his treason,stand’st not thou attainted. / Corrupted,and exemptfrom ancient gentry?” 而且，由于他的叛国罪，你不是也受到污染、被剥夺了一切称号并且被开除了世袭的高贵身份吗？ |