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aristocracy

/ar-uh-stok-ruh-see/US // ˌær əˈstɒk rə si //UK // (ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsɪ) //

贵族制度,贵族阶层,贵族,贵族社会

Related Words

gentility温文尔雅,绅士风度,文雅,君子之风upper crust上层地壳,上层壳,上层地皮,上层gentry乡绅,绅士,绅士们elite精英,菁英,精华,精英荟萃nobility贵族,高贵,贵族身份,高贵的人upper class上流社会,上层社会,上层阶级,上层人士society社会,社团,协会,社群noblesse贵族,贵族的身份,贵族的patricians父权主义者,父权制,父权主义者,元老院peerage同龄人,同辈人,同辈人的身份,同辈haut monde高层世界,高层社会,高端世界,高级世界high society上流社会,上层社会,上流社会的,高层社会patriciate父权制,父权,父权主义,父权主义者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ar·is·toc·ra·cies.

    • : a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility.
    • : a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class.
    • : government by those considered to be the best or most able people in the state.
    • : a governing body composed of those considered to be the best or most able people in the state.
    • : any class or group considered to be superior, as through education, ability, wealth, or social prestige.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounprivileged class, government
Synonyms
elite精英,菁英,精华,精英荟萃gentility温文尔雅,绅士风度,文雅,君子之风gentry乡绅,绅士,绅士们nobility贵族,高贵,贵族身份,高贵的人upper class上流社会,上层社会,上层阶级,上层人士upper crust上层地壳,上层壳,上层地皮,上层noblesse贵族,贵族的身份,贵族的patricians父权主义者,父权制,父权主义者,元老院peerage同龄人,同辈人,同辈人的身份,同辈society社会,社团,协会,社群haut monde高层世界,高层社会,高端世界,高级世界high society上流社会,上层社会,上流社会的,高层社会patriciate父权制,父权,父权主义,父权主义者

Examples

  • The autoworkers at Tesla, far from representing a labor aristocracy among autoworkers, say they make less than unionized workers at GM and Ford.

  • However, the rapid political and social changes threatened powerful individuals and institutions, especially the monarchy, the aristocracy and the church.

  • Perhaps the biggest giveaway that Penelope is Lady Whistledown arrives in the sixth episode, when Marina’s scandalous pregnancy — which predates her arrival in Grosvenor Square — is revealed to the aristocracy.

  • Undoubtedly, the enormous inherited fortunes of the aristocracy facilitated a certain eccentricity.

  • The British aristocracy is littered with stories of unmitigated spendthrifts who seem bent on self-destruction.

  • Kennedy mixed socially with leading British figures, particularly among the aristocracy, who agreed with him.

  • Why, I wonder, is Davenport so obsessed with defining himself as part of the British aristocracy?

  • Her father was a Viscount, so Taylor married into the Catalan aristocracy.

  • Perhaps, like father, I am a snob at heart and liked the sensation of a sort of artistic alliance with the British aristocracy.

  • I should judge from the streets that not more than one-fourth of the females of Galway belong to the shoe-wearing aristocracy.

  • I did not find the Aristocracy so remarkable for physical perfection and beauty as I had been taught to expect.

  • That curious, almost ridiculous-looking craft, was among the aristocracy of shipping.

  • The sale of diplomatic secrets is a brisk one in my own country, or how would so many of our poor aristocracy live?

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