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

• 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。
• The aristocracy of England were not like the noblesse of France, the mere minions of a court;
  英国贵族和只是宫廷宠臣的法国贵族不同；
• 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。
• Once upon a time these equated to the old groupings of aristocracy, merchants and workers.
  从前有个时期，这就是旧有的贵族、商人和工人3个阶级。
• Have you followed the Prussian Junker and his doings? member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism.
  你们有没有注意普鲁士容克（骄横军官，译注。）和他的作为？以军国主义著称的普鲁士贵族。
• 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。
• He is a teacher taught ancient Greek and Roma history in a private aristocracy school only for boys.
  他是一个私立贵族男校的老师，教古希腊罗马文明史。
• Although born into aristocracy, he was critical of the Victorian class system.
  他虽然生于贵族世家，但却对维多利亚时期的阶级体制表示不满。
• Since victorian times these and other rivers have hosted wealthy fishing parties on the estates of the aristocracy.
  自维多利亚时期以来，这两条河与其它河流一起成为了贵族们举办钓鱼大会的好场所。
• Feudal Japanese military aristocracy.
  封建时代的日本军事贵族。