aristocracy

英 [ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsi]

美 [ˌærɪˈstɑːkrəsi]

n.  (某些国家的)贵族

复数：aristocracies　

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牛津词典

noun

• （某些国家的）贵族
  (in some countries) people born in the highest social class, who have special titles
  1. members of the aristocracy
     贵族成员

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 贵族（阶层）
  The aristocracyis a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles.
  1. ...a member of the aristocracy.
     一个贵族成员

英英释义

noun

• the most powerful members of a society
  Synonym:gentry
• a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  Synonym:nobility

双语例句

• After the revolution the aristocracy was finished; the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically.
  革命之后贵族统治灭亡了；竞选官员的不成功使得他在政治上和经济上都破产了。
• The accent emerged from the18th-and19th-Century aristocracy, and has remained the "gold standard" ever since.
  这种口音源于18、19世纪的英国贵族，自此，就成了发音的“黄金标准”了。
• Feudal Japanese military aristocracy.
  封建时代的日本军事贵族。
• Trade links with China in the 17th century made ginseng the rage among the aristocracy of Europe.
  十七世纪欧洲和中国通商，使人参在欧洲贵族中风行一时。
• He belonged to the landed aristocracy.
  他属于拥有土地的贵族阶层。
• Edith Wharton continued writing her satires of the life and manners of the New York aristocracy.
  伊迪丝·沃顿继续写讽刺纽约贵族生活和习俗的作品。
• Families from these upper classes became the nobility or aristocracy.
  这些来自上流社会的家族后来就成了贵族阶级。
• A century ago the aristocracy were truly lords of the earth.
  一个世纪之前，贵族阶层是绝对的统治者。
• He suddenly saw the aristocracy of the people who did not labor.
  他突然明白了不劳动者的高贵身分。
• She is popular with the aristocracy but she has not yet won the support of the masses.
  她受到贵族阶层的欢迎，但尚未得到平民百姓的支持。