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nobility

/noh-bil-i-tee/US // noʊˈbɪl ɪ ti //UK // (nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ) //

贵族,高贵,贵族身份,高贵的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural no·bil·i·ties.

    • : the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
    • : the peerage.
    • : the state or quality of being noble.
    • : nobleness of mind, character, or spirit; exalted moral excellence.
    • : grandeur or magnificence.
    • : noble birth or rank.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounaristocracy; eminence

Examples

  • The time has come for actions to match the nobility of our words.

  • He seems to be saying we’ve entered a new age of stability and nobility.

  • Isaacson also argues that the pandemic will permanently remake science itself, “reminding scientists of the nobility of their mission” and reversing long-standing trends toward commercialized research.

  • He had a certain element of nobility, a concern with art and literature for its own sake.

  • They work anonymously and there is nobility in what they do.

  • The du Pont family descended from Huguenot nobility in Burgundy, emigrating to the United States in 1800.

  • I just tried to infuse it with nobility, because he was after all a king.

  • The “wound” is the ignorance of the nobility of the individual and of man, and the separation of all of us.

  • The youthful nobility were singled out by Socrates because they, above all others, were both erotic and courageous.

  • He gives a list of the sponsors of the baptized Indians, who included many of the French nobility and clergy.

  • But all men at times betray themselves, and some betrayals, if scarcely clever, are not without nobility.

  • He was the man made for the time—precisely the middle term between the reign of the nobility and the reign of the populace.

  • The Connecticut tobacco grower is in all respects a man of genuine refinement and nobility of soul.

  • With one of the sisters, who was allied to the nobility, she formed a strong friendship, which continued through life.