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  200字左右的介绍英国绅士的英语文章

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  Thetermgentleman(fromLatingentilis,belongingtoaraceor"gens",and"man",cognatewiththeFrenchwordgentilhommeandtheItaliangentiluomoorgentiluomo),initsoriginalandstrictsignification,denotedamanofgoodfamily,analogoustotheLatingenerosus(itsinvariabletranslationinEnglish-Latindocuments).InthissensethewordequateswiththeFrenchgentilhomme(nobleman),whichlattertermwasinGreatBritainlongconfinedtothepeerage.Theterm"gentry"(fromtheOldFrenchgenteriseforgentelise)hasmuchofthesocialclasssignificanceoftheFrenchnoblesseoroftheGermanAdel,butwithoutthestricttechnicalrequirementsofthosetraditions(suchasquartersofnobility).ThiswaswhattherebelsunderJohnBallinthe14thcenturymeantwhentheyrepeated:

  WhenAdamdelvedandEvespan,

  WhowasthentheGentleman?[1]

  JohnSeldeninTitlesofHonour,(1614),discussingthetitle"gentleman",speaksof"ourEnglishuseofit"as"convertiblewithnobilis"(anambiguousword,like'noble'meaningelevatedeitherbyrankorbypersonalqualities)anddescribesinconnectionwithittheformsofennoblinginvariousEuropeancountries.

  Toadegree,"gentleman"signifiedamanwhodidnotneedtowork,andthetermwasparticularlyusedofthosewhocouldnotclaimnobilityoreventherankofesquire.Wideningfurther,itbecameapolitenessforallmen,asinthephrase"LadiesandGentlemen,..."andthiswasthenused(oftenwiththeabbreviationGents)toindicatewheremencouldfindalavatory,withouttheneedtoindicatepreciselywhatwasbeingdescribed.

  Inmodernspeech,thetermisusuallydemocratisedsoastoincludeanymanofgood,courteousconduct,oreventoallmen(asinindicationsofgender-separatedfacilities).

2020-04-15 01:58:12

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