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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

      • She was beaten by the Polish and Lithuanian gentry.
        它败于波兰和立陶宛士绅。
      • The expansion of the modern Hunan gentry forces benefits considerably from the establishment of Zeng Guofans Xiang Army.
        近代湖南绅权势力的膨胀得益于曾国藩创办的湘军。
      • 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。
      • Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry.
        他们大多是贵族和地主乡绅。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • The English gentry are next below the royalty.
        英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。
      • On the question of the enlightened gentry.
        关于开明绅士问题。
      • "Other patriots" refers primarily to the enlightened gentry.
        所说的其他爱国人士,则主要地是指的开明绅士。