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upper class

英 [ði ˌʌpə ˈklɑːs]

美 [ði ˌʌpər ˈklæs]

n.  上流社会; 上等阶层

Collins.1

牛津词典

    noun

    • 上流社会;上等阶层
      the groups of people that are considered to have the highest social status and that have more money and/or power than other people in society
      1. a member of the upper class/upper classes
        上流社会人士

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT-COLL 上层阶级;上等阶层;上流社会
      Theupper classor theupper classesare the group of people in a society who own the most property and have the highest social status, and who may not need to work for money.
      1. ...goods specifically designed to appeal to the tastes of the upper class...
        专门为迎合上流社会品位而设计的商品
      2. Many of the British upper classes are no longer very rich.
        英国的上流社会许多人已不再富得流油。
      3. Upper classis also an adjective.
      4. All of them came from wealthy, upper class families.
        他们全部来自富有的上流社会家庭。
      5. ...different styles of upper-class speech.
        上流社会不同的讲话风格

    英英释义

    noun

    • the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
        Synonym:upper crust

      双语例句

      • Well at least it means they're probably not members of the upper class or high status members.
        至少说明了这些人或许不是,社会的上层人员。
      • The upper class comprised two interrelated groups, the traditional landed elite and the new rich.
        上层社会包括两类利益相关的人群,一种是传统意义上的地主,一种是财富新贵。
      • She is quickly moving out of the middle to the upper class.
        她很快由中产阶级进入到上流社会。
      • In the19th century, cricket was a sport played mainly by the upper class.
        在19世纪,板球运动主要是上流阶级的运动。
      • Many of them say they want to be a sort of upper class, rather than only being rich.
        很多富人说,他们希望成为上流社会的一份子,而不只是有钱而已。
      • Since going away to university he's affected a ridiculous upper class accent.
        自从去上大学以后,他便装出一种可笑的上流社会的腔调。
      • The American upper class like to decorate their houses with oriental handmade rugs;
        美国的上流社会喜欢用东方的手织地毯装饰家居。
      • It is precisely that the vulgarization and the downward movement of the upper class's mysticism was the reason of this situation.
        正是由于玄学从上层社会的向下移动和庸俗化,才导致了这样的局面。
      • I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night.
        第一天晚上我去参加了上流社会的一个无聊的晚餐会。
      • After the Norman conquest, upper class people spoke French while common people spoke english.
        诺曼征服后,上层阶级说法语,而普通百姓则说英语。