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

• Minor local tyrants and evil gentry are also very often to be found among the rich peasants.
  富农中亦常有较小的土豪、劣绅。
• 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。
• On the question of the enlightened gentry.
  关于开明绅士问题。
• 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。
• Of all the fugitive local tyrants and evil gentry, those who have fled to Shanghai are the safest.
  这些逃跑的土豪劣绅，以逃到上海的为最安全。
• She was an old woman who for twenty years had brought the neighbouring gentry into the world.
  她是个上了年纪的女人，二十年来，邻近的许许多多上层社会的绅士们都是由她接生的。
• 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。
• He was an extreme right winger from a family of landed gentry.
  他是个出身于拥有土地的中上阶层家庭的极右翼份子。
• The bully in the Song Dynasty includes local tyrants, evil gentry, bandits and rascals.
  宋代的豪横势力主要指土豪劣绅、恶霸地主以及痞流氓和流寇盗匪。
• The gentry may be returned officials or the relatives of officials or simply educated landowners.
  士绅可以是退任的官僚，或是官僚的亲属，甚至可以是受过教育的地主。