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 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。
• They have discredited the local tyrants and evil gentry.
  他们损伤了土豪劣绅的体面。
• Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry.
  他们大多是贵族和地主乡绅。
• The English gentry are next below the royalty.
  英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。