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

• 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。
• 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。
• You are the gentry of England who represent the counties.
  你们是代表各郡的英国的中上阶级。
• 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 discredited the local tyrants and evil gentry.
  他们损伤了土豪劣绅的体面。
• 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。
• On the question of the enlightened gentry.
  关于开明绅士问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！