gentle adj. 1.文雅的,有礼貌的。 2.柔和的;轻柔的;(坡等)和缓的;不猛烈的,(药等)温和的。 3.生长名门的,上流阶层的。 4.驯服的,温顺的。 5.〔古语〕慷慨的,高尚的,豪侠的。 6.有身份的,有带徽章资格的。 a gentle blow 轻轻一击。 a gentle rain 细雨。 a gentle smile 温柔的微笑。 gentle in action 行动和缓。 gentle and simple 贵贱,上下各阶层。 G- Reader (and Kind Heart) 敬爱的读者〔著者对读者的称呼〕。 of gentle birth = of gentle blood 出身名门的。 the gentle craft [art] 钓鱼;制鞋业。 the gentle passion 恋爱。 the G- People 〔美俚〕鼓吹非暴力主义的温和派。 the gentle sex 女性 (opp. sterner sex)。 n. 〔古语〕绅士;(作鱼饵用的)蛆。 vt. 1.使高贵。 2.使文雅,使温和,使柔和。 3.驯服(马等);抚弄,轻拍。 n. -ness
smile vi. 1.微笑 (at; on; upon) (opp. frown)。 2.讥笑,冷笑 (at)。 3.眉开眼笑,现笑脸;表示友好态度;(天气等)变晴朗;呈现乐观气象。 vt. 1.做某种笑容;以微笑表示。 2.以微笑促使。 I should smile. 〔美口〕好得很,我很高兴。 She smiles her consent. 她以微笑表示同意。 smile a forced smile 强作笑容。 come up smiling (对失败、灾难等)不屈服地挺身迎接。 smile sb. into good humor 微笑着使人高兴起来。 smile at 看着…微笑;(对威胁等)一笑置之,无视,嘲笑 (She smiled at his threats. 她对他的威胁一笑置之)。 smile away 笑着忘掉;一笑置之。 smile on 向…微笑 (Fortune smiled on us. 好运来了)。 smile upon =smile on. n. 1.微笑;冷笑;笑脸;喜气;友好态度。 2.〔美俚〕一杯威士忌酒。 He was all smiles when I met him next. 第二次碰见时他已经满脸笑容[不生气]了。 a forced smile 勉强的笑容。 a best Sunday smile 〔口语〕非常快乐的笑。 a bitter smile 苦笑。 crack a smile 展颜微笑。 have a smile 喝一杯威士忌。 the smiles of fortune 好运。 n. -r ,-less adj.
He smiled a gentle smile and said , " my child , they ' re all here with me . ?轻轻地微笑说,我的孩子,它们都在我这儿。
" why not ? ' beauty lies in the lover ' s eyes ' as the saying goes . " mr taft answered with a gentle smile 塔夫托先生温和地笑道: "有啥大惊小怪的,俗话说: '情人眼里出西施' " 。
Princess marya looked from pierre to natasha with a gentle smile . in all he told them she saw only pierre and his goodness 她在这一整个故事中所看见的,只有皮埃尔和他的那付善良的心肠。
Miss marple gave a brief moment of attention to all these people and returned to her knitting with a gentle smile upon her lips 马普尔小姐注意了所有的客人有好一会,又转而回到编织上,她嘴角带着温柔的微笑,继续手里的活计。
He received me graciously , and made me sit down on the bed on which he was lying . i made him the sign of the knights of the east and of jerusalem ; he responded with the same , and asked me with a gentle smile what i had learned and gained in the prussian and scottish lodges 他亲热地接待我,请我坐在他所躺的那张床上,我向他作了个东方骑士和耶路撒冷骑士的手势,他以同样的手势作答,脸上含着温顺的微笑,问我在普鲁士分会和苏格兰分会有什么见闻,有什么收获。
I studiously avoided speaking to him of marguerite , for i was still afraid that the name would reawaken some sad memory which slumbered beneath the sick man s apparent calm . but armand , on the contrary , seemed to take pleasure in speaking of her ? not as he had done previously , with tears in his eyes , but with a gentle smile which allayed my fears for his state of mind 我一直留意着不要扯到玛格丽特,生怕一提起这个名字会使得情绪已安定下来的病人重新想起他过去的伤心事阿尔芒却相反,他似乎很乐意谈到她,也不再像过去那样一谈起她就眼泪汪汪的,而是带着一脸柔和的微笑,这种微笑使我对他心灵的健康感到放心。
When suggestions were made to him that he should take office under government , or when criticisms of any sort on general , political questions , or on the war , were made before him , on the supposition that one course of events or another would affect the happiness of all men , he listened with a gentle smile of commiseration , and astounded the persons conversing with him by his strange observations 当人们建议他出来做点事,或者当人们讨论某种公共的国家的事情和战争时人们认为某件事这样或那样的结局将决定大家的幸福的时候,他总是以一种温和的同情的微笑聆听着,并且发表一些奇谈怪论,使同他说话的人感到惊奇。