gentry

英 [ˈdʒentri]

美 [ˈdʒentri]

n.  绅士阶层; 上流社会人士

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牛津词典

noun

• 绅士阶层；上流社会人士
  people belonging to a high social class
  1. the local gentry
     当地的绅士阶层
  2. the landed gentry (= those who own a lot of land)
     乡绅

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 上流社会人士；绅士阶层；贵族阶层
  Thegentryare people of high social status or high birth.
  1. Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19th century.
     乡间的大部分房子都是那些有土地的乡绅在19世纪后期修建的。

英英释义

noun

• the most powerful members of a society
  Synonym:aristocracy

双语例句

• They have discredited the local tyrants and evil gentry.
  他们损伤了土豪劣绅的体面。
• They have raised their rough, work-soiled hands and laid them on the gentry.
  他们举起他们那粗黑的手，加在绅士们头上了。
• Already there was among our nobility and gentry a passion for the amusements of the turf.
  赛马在我们的贵族和中上阶层中已是一种倍受睐的娱乐活动了。
• For long, I respect Britain, I am the gentry demeanor captive.
  长久以来，我尊敬英国，我还是绅士风度的迷恋者。
• Of all the fugitive local tyrants and evil gentry, those who have fled to Shanghai are the safest.
  这些逃跑的土豪劣绅，以逃到上海的为最安全。
• Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19th century.
  乡间的大部分房子都是那些有土地的乡绅在19世纪后期修建的。
• Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry.
  他们大多是贵族和地主乡绅。
• Only the local tyrants and evil gentry, I think, will call them bad.
  说这些事不好的，我想，只有土豪劣绅们吧！
• She was beaten by the Polish and Lithuanian gentry.
  它败于波兰和立陶宛士绅。
• The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough.
  当地的贵族和专业人士都对学校持冷漠的态度，虽然学校非常乐意地接收了他们的孩子去读书。