well-bred

英 [ˌwel ˈbred]

美 [ˌwel ˈbred]

adj.  有教养的；良种的；受过良好教育的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有教养的;有涵养的;知书达理的
  Awell-bredperson is very polite and has good manners.
  1. She was too well bred to want to hurt the little boy's feelings.
     她很有涵养，不想去伤害小男孩的感情。

英英释义

adj

• of good upbringing
  Synonym:well-mannered

双语例句

• Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
  像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对妓女怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。
• But the well-bred, artificial smile, when he bent upon the guests, had its wonted steely suavity.
  但是他哈着腰向宾客招呼的那种彬彬有礼、故意装成的笑容里，却仍然具有它平时那种沉着的殷勤。
• Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
  良心是从小就有教养的被抚养大的，但是很快就只去和那些不想听她说话的人说话了。
• The well-bred cattle marching slow;
  那些良种牲口缓慢地前进。
• Qianlong appreciated the essay and thus dubbed this scene the Scholars Wonderland ( Lianxi Lechu) to indicate that he would be content to be surrounded by well-bred gentlemen.
  乾隆很欣赏这篇文章，因此给这个景点命名为濂溪乐处，以显示他愿意厕身于许多有修养的君子当中。
• This man, in his attire, as in all his person, realized the type of what may be called the well-bred mendicant,& extreme wretchedness combined with extreme cleanliness.
  那人，从他的服装和神气看去，是极其穷苦而又极其整洁的，可以说是体现了人们称为高等乞丐的那一种。
• I can only pronounce him to be a sensible man, well-bred, well-informed, of gentle address, and, I believe, possessing an amiable heart.
  我只能说他是个很有理智的人，受过良好的教育，见多识广，举止文雅，而且我认为他心地温厚。
• She was just another well-bred, social-climbing new Yorker with a good gig in the fashion industry when she moved in with her boyfriend, Andrew Madoff, in December 2008.
  当时，她只是一个普通的纽约姑娘，受过良好的教育，一心向上，在时尚业有着一份不错的工作。
• Elizabeth was certainly very handsome, with well-bred, elegant manners, and her character might never have been penetrated by Mr Elliot, knowing her but in public, and when very young himself.
  伊丽莎白当然很漂亮，举止端庄娴雅，她的性格也许从来未被埃利奥特先生看透过，因为他只是在公开场合结识了她，而且是在他自己十分年轻的时候。
• Yet they proved to be less well-bred than originally planned.
  但是这种组合形式却不如原先计划的形式好。