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

• 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 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。
• The scholars were an elite; the gentry, a social and economic class.
  文人是精英，而士绅属于社会经济阶层。
• For long, I respect Britain, I am the gentry demeanor captive.
  长久以来，我尊敬英国，我还是绅士风度的迷恋者。
• 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
• 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。
• 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！
• They have beaten down the local tyrants and evil gentry, big and small, and kept them underfoot.
  他们打翻了大小土豪劣绅在地上，并且踏上一只脚。
• The gentry who own land ( considered as a class).
  拥有土地的贵族（被认为是一个阶级）。