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

• She was an old woman who for twenty years had brought the neighbouring gentry into the world.
  她是个上了年纪的女人，二十年来，邻近的许许多多上层社会的绅士们都是由她接生的。
• He was an extreme right winger from a family of landed gentry.
  他是个出身于拥有土地的中上阶层家庭的极右翼份子。
• 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！
• The gentry may be returned officials or the relatives of officials or simply educated landowners.
  士绅可以是退任的官僚，或是官僚的亲属，甚至可以是受过教育的地主。
• The gentry who own land ( considered as a class).
  拥有土地的贵族（被认为是一个阶级）。
• They have discredited the local tyrants and evil gentry.
  他们损伤了土豪劣绅的体面。
• On the question of the national bourgeoisie and the enlightened gentry
  关于民族资产阶级和开明绅士问题
• During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation.
  在后来的一个世纪，贵族权利的加强和国内局势的动荡削弱了这个国家。
• First, the local tyrants, evil gentry and lawless landlords have themselves driven the peasants to this.
  第一，上述那些事，都是土豪劣绅、不法地主自己逼出来的。
• 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。