gentry
英 [ˈdʒentri]
美 [ˈdʒentri]
n. 绅士阶层; 上流社会人士
Collins.1 / BNC.7306 / COCA.18454
牛津词典
noun
- 绅士阶层；上流社会人士
people belonging to a high social class- the local gentry
当地的绅士阶层 - the landed gentry (= those who own a lot of land)
乡绅
- the local gentry
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.- 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 the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19th century.
英英释义
noun
- the most powerful members of a society
双语例句
- 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。 - This form of punishment more than any other makes the local tyrants and evil gentry tremble.
这种处罚，最使土豪劣绅颤栗。 - The French Riviera was made into a popular holiday resort by the British landed gentry.
法国的里维埃拉被拥有土地的英国绅士阶层建成了一个颇受人们欢迎的度假胜地。 - Minor local tyrants and evil gentry are also very often to be found among the rich peasants.
富农中亦常有较小的土豪、劣绅。 - And the remaining one-third to the middle and other elements, representing the middle bourgeoisie and the enlightened gentry.
中间分子及其他分子占三分之一，他们代表中等资产阶级和开明绅士。 - 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。 - She was beaten by the Polish and Lithuanian gentry.
它败于波兰和立陶宛士绅。 - You are the gentry of England who represent the counties.
你们是代表各郡的英国的中上阶级。 - 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。 - 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。