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pleasure, not as his main job) ^ ( IM
#8 W # ^ A A
&,
MAff A±ik ) imi see leisure
gentle man ly /'d3entlmanli/ adj. (approving) behaving very well and showing very good manners; like a gentleman ^ % ft *L W;
gentlemanly behaviour f: 0 W ^ if o So
far, the election campaign has been a very gentlemanly affair, fij g
gentleman’s agreement (also .gentlemen’s
a'greement) noun an agreement made between people who
trust each other, which is not written down and which has no legal force
gentle-woman /'d3entlwuman/ noun [pi. -women /-wimin/) 1 (old use)
a woman who belongs to a high social class; a woman who is well educated and
has excellent manners ftiHA; ff Ifc # W $3 A
2 (NAmE)
used to address or refer to a female member of a legislature, for example the House of
Representatives () X±, AA gen-tly 0-w /'d3entli/ adv.
1 in a gentle way
IH^itfa; iMitfa; Aititfa; fflUitfa: She held the baby gently,
ftfal^ftfaj&ir^Ao 0 ‘You miss them, don’t you?’ he asked gently. “fa
£1;^ jtfajf],
j^n%? ” faj&fnitfaf^ilL 0 Simmer the soup gently for 30 minutes. o Massage the area
gently but firmly. fa A if nME A I1
Stl 0 0 leaves moving gently in the breeze
The path ran gently down to the sea. J&W
2 Gently! (BrE, informal)
used to tell sb to be careful /JyC\j&;
tf X: Gently! You'll hurt
the poor thing! /WltfaW! o
Don't go too fast—gently does it! £iJA1&
gen-tri-fy /'d3entrifai/ verb (gen-tri-fies,
gen-tri-fy-ing, gen-tri-fied, gen-tri-fied) [VN] [usually passive] to
change an area, a person, etc. so that they are suitable for, or can mix with,
people of a higher social class than before fa ( ftfeK^A^ ) MMiti tf (
i&E, A# ) Wu gfciS rtifaH
WA: old working-class areas of the
city are being gentrified. j&A$crfrIAJiffa
j&fn&it, ► gen-tri-fi-ca
tion
noun [U]
gen-try /'d3entri/ noun [pi.] (usually the gentry) (old-fashioned)
people belonging to a high social class ±E*±£A±: the local gentry
0
the landed gentry (= those who own a lot
of land)
genuflect /'d3enjuflekt/ verb [V] {formal)
1 to move your body into a
lower position by bending one or both knees, as a sign of respect during
worship in a church
(fE&mmH ) mn, #-jmmn 2 -
(to sth) (disapproving) to show too much respect to sb/sth fa Jg SI ► genu-flec-tion
(BrE also genu-flex-ion) /.dsenju'flekjn/ noun
[C, U]
genu ine Ow /'d3enjum/ adj.
1
real; exactly what it appears to be; not
artificial %
(ft ; £ g(] ^ ^
designer watches are sold at a
fraction of the price of the genuine
article.
—■
W ifr Hi U o 0 Only
genuine refugees can apply for asylum. 2
sincere
and honest; that can be
trusted JtM W; W; RFftf MW: He made a genuine attempt to improve conditions.
fa M 'fr % M fa % A Sfc # ft\$t
o 0 genuine concern for others ptffaA^MWAA' 0 a very genuine person ^
ETfg W A ►
genu-ine-ly adv.: genuinely sorry jtjfltl genu ine ness noun [U]
genus /'d3i:n0s/ noun (pi gen-era /'d3enara/) (biology £) a group into which animals, plants, etc.
that have similar characteristics are divided, smaller than a family and larger
than a species ( zjj H W ) M — compare class n.(ll), kingdom(4), order n.(ll), phylum — see also generic geo- combining form (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs $ %
fa , 3 # fa m 9J fa) Of the earth fa ^ W : geochemical
fa^cfa^W 0 geoscience faJf
geo cen tric /.dsiiau'sentrik; NAmE
,d3i:ou-/ adj. (technical
Aift) with the earth as the
centre If faff fjf JEW
geo-des-ic
/,d3i:au'desik;
-'dirsik; NAmE ,d3i:ou-/
adj. (technical A if) relating to the shortest
possible line between two points on a curved surface $ijfa*£ W, A
mm ()
geodesic dome
,geo,desic ‘dome noun (architecture 3t) a dome
which is built from panels whose edges form geodesic lines
geog raph er /d3i'Dgrafa(r); NAmE -'a:g-/ noun a person who studies
geography; an expert in geography fafi^
geog raphy Ow /d3i'Dgrafl; NAmE-'a:g-/ noun
2
[U] the
scientific study of the earth’s surface, physical features, divisions,
products, population, etc.
( ^ ) : human/physical/economic/social
geography XX/i /ft^-faS^
O a geography
lesson/
department/teacher/textbook fa JI if / A /ffl /
if A 0 a degree in geography fafl'f^fa 2 [sing.] the way in which the
physical features of a place are arranged itfa fatft; fa : the geography of
3 [sing.] the way in which a particular
aspect of life or society is influenced by geography or varies according to
geography fafiff it: The geography of poverty and the geography of voting are connected. &^WfaS^it%iAmWfa«#^ lilIWo ► geo-graph-ic-al /,d3i:a'graefikl/
(also geographic
/,d3i:a‘graefik/)
adj.: The survey covers a wide geographical
area. if jkfa$MtWfa3IX:l$A#ri^o
0
The importance of the town is due to its geographical location.
iilM^SftttftWjlfaltio geo- graph-ic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.:
geographically remote areas
MAWiiSHfeK
geolo gist /d3i'nlad3ist; NAmE -'a:l-/ noun a scientist who
studies geology
geol-ogy /d3i'Dlad3i; NAmE -'a:l-/ noun 1 [U] the scientific
study of the earth, including the origin and history of the rocks and soil of
which the earth is made ±tfa|^^
3
[sing.] the
origin and history of the rocks and soil of a
particular area ( f IKW ) if: the geology of the
'lDd3ikl;
NAmE -'la:d3-/ adj.: a geological survey itfaMUfr ^ geo logic al ly /.dsiia'lDdsikli; NAmE -‘la:d3-/ adv.
geo-mag-net-ism /,d3i:au'maegnatizam;
NAmE ,d3i:ou-/ noun [U] (geology itfa) the study of the magnetic characteristics of the earth
itfa M ¥ ► geo-mag-net-ic
/,d3i:aumaeg'netik; NAmE ,d3i:ou-/ adj. geo-mancy /'d3i:aumaensi; NAmE 'd3i:ou-/ noun [U]
1
the art of arranging buildings and areas
in a good or lucky position itfaffiA; MA 2 a method of saying what will happen in the
future using patterns on the ground
itfa
k h (e ) geo met ric /,d3i:a'metrik/ (also
less frequent geo-met- ric-al /-ikl/) adj. of geometry;
of
or like the lines, shapes, etc. used in geometry, especially because of
having regular shapes or lines /Iffal ( ^ ) W; ( flil ) /L fa @] W: a geometric design JL fa fl Mif ► geo-met- ric-al-ly /.dsiia'metrikli/ adv.
geo,metric 'mean noun the central number in
a geometric progression JlfaAfa; ^ fcfa A geo, metric pro gression (also geo, metric series) noun a series of numbers
in which each is multiplied or divided by a fixed number to produce the next,
for