colloquial shortening of gentleman, by 17c. (in early uses it is difficult to distinguish the shortening from the common abbreviation gent.), which is perhaps the origin of this use. "Early in the nineteenth century the word was colloquial and slightly jocular; about 1840 its use came to be regarded as a mark of low breeding" [OED].
实用例句
1. Mr Blake was a gent. He knew how to behave.
布莱克先生是位绅士，举止得体。来自柯林斯例句
2. He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.
他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。来自柯林斯例句
3. Quite a gent,'e was -- dress shirt, top'at, black overcoat.
他是个上等人 —— 穿着白衬衫, 戴着高礼帽, 外面一件黑大衣.来自英汉文学
4. " No, I hear them. The car alarm gent off, but they must have disengaged it. "
