gentleman经典引文

1. 绅士，有教养的男子，彬彬有礼的人，有身分的人，富绅，上流人士，上等人
2. 先生，男士，阁下
3. 男议员
4. 君子，士大夫
5. 【律】社会贤达
6. 随从，侍从

1. a man of refinement
2. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;

   "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
   

1.有身份的人；绅士
Agentleman is a man who comes from a family of high social standing.

e.g. ...this wonderful portrait of Englishgentleman Joseph Greenway.
英国绅士约瑟夫·格林韦的精美画像

2.有教养的人；彬彬有礼的人；君子
If you say that a man is agentleman, you mean he is polite and educated, and can be trusted.

e.g. He was always such agentleman.
他总是那么彬彬有礼。

3.（对人礼貌的称呼）先生
You can address men asgentlemen, or refer politely to them asgentlemen.

e.g. This way, please, ladies and gentlemen...
女士们，先生们，这边请。
e.g. It seems thisgentleman was waiting for the doctor.
这位先生好像在等医生。

4.（口头的）君子协定，绅士协定
A gentleman's agreement ora gentlemen's agreement is an informal agreement in which people trust one another to do what they have promised. The agreement is not written down and does not have any legal force.

e.g. We had no contract; it was done by agentleman's agreement...
我们没有签合同，就订了个君子协定。
e.g. She made agentleman's agreement with her buyer.
她和买主立了个君子协定。

gentleman's agreement

君子协定 unwritten agreement kept to because of integrity of the parties concerned

• complete gentleman十足的绅士
• every inch a gentleman完全是一副绅士的派头
• middle-aged gentleman中年绅士
• old gentleman老绅士
• perfect gentleman十足的绅士
• real gentleman真正的绅士
• the Grand Old G-元老
• true gentleman真正的绅士
• young gentleman年轻绅士

• country gentleman乡绅

• gentleman by birth出身高贵的人
• gentleman in black恶魔
• gentleman of fortune冒险家
• gentleman of the old school老派绅士
• gentleman of the press新闻记者
• gentleman of the road拦路强盗

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的gentil，意为高贵，高尚的。