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gentry

英 [ˈdʒentri]

美 [ˈdʒentri]

n.  绅士阶层; 上流社会人士

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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
      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

      • 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 slogans, "Down with the corrupt officials" and "Down with the local tyrants and evil gentry", were raised among the peasant millions, and great peasant revolutionary struggles were aroused.
        在千百万农民群众中,提出了打倒贪官污吏打倒土豪劣绅的口号,掀起了伟大的农民革命斗争。
      • 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
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • On the question of the enlightened gentry.
        关于开明绅士问题。