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

• 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。
• It was said that once a well-bred girl who lived on this road fell in love with a low class cattle herder.
  从前这条路上住着一个高贵的女孩，她爱上了身份卑微的放牧人。
• 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。
• They are well-bred ladies and gentlemen& if not in the highest rank of society, the aristocracy, then members of the landed gentry.
  他们都是受过良好教育的淑女绅士&即使不属于社会最上层的贵族阶级，也是地主阶级中的成员。
• You are a tall, handsome, and well-bred fellow.
  你这么英俊魁梧，这么有教养。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is a well-bred boy.
  他是个有教养的孩子。
• In fact this unconsciousness is essential to true dignity of manner, and to the inner and outer harmony that characterizes the well-bred man.
  事实上，这种不在意的态度，正是高雅的本质，也是有教养的人表现出来的内外协调一致的特征。
• The captain, like a well-bred man, had, before marriage, always given up his opinion to that of the lady.
  婚前，大尉总象个有教养的人那样放弃自己的见解，处处迁就女方。