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

• The bully in the Song Dynasty includes local tyrants, evil gentry, bandits and rascals.
  宋代的豪横势力主要指土豪劣绅、恶霸地主以及痞流氓和流寇盗匪。
• 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！
• "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。
• 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。
• Already there was among our nobility and gentry a passion for the amusements of the turf.
  赛马在我们的贵族和中上阶层中已是一种倍受睐的娱乐活动了。
• 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。
• The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough.
  当地的贵族和专业人士都对学校持冷漠的态度，虽然学校非常乐意地接收了他们的孩子去读书。
• 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。