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- a member of the upper class/upper classes
上流社会人士
- a member of the upper class/upper classes
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.- ...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 - 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。 - Upper classis also an adjective.
- All of them came from wealthy, upper class families.
他们全部来自富有的上流社会家庭。 - ...different styles of upper-class speech.
上流社会不同的讲话风格
- ...goods specifically designed to appeal to the tastes of the upper class...
英英释义
noun
- the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - She belongs to the rich American upper class and spends her time having lunch with friends and doing charity work.
她属于美国富裕的上层阶级,把时间花在和朋友共进午餐和做慈善工作上面。 - The writer builds up a clever contextual picture of upper class life.
作者巧妙地构筑了一幅上流社会生活的背景图画。 - In order to understand the system, it is first necessary to understand the structure of that upper class.
所以,为了了解围的礼乐制度,有必要先了解其社会上层的结构。 - 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。 - Alcohol also seems to have been mainly forthe upper class.
酒精也似乎是主要为上层阶级服务的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Hypocrisy and Utilitarianism of the Upper Class in Emma
从《爱玛》看上流社会的虚伪和功利主义