Gentry
['dʒentrɪ] or ['dʒɛntri]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Birth; condition; rank by birth.
(a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.
(a.) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
手打:瓦内萨
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [England.] Middle class (between the nobility and the vulgar).
巴里整理
解釋/意思:
n. the class of people below the rank of nobility: (coll.) people of a particular esp. an inferior stamp: (Shak.) noble birth.
編輯:梅尔维尔
例句/造句/用法:
- So, if he will do me the honour to breakfast with me to-morrow, we will go over the names of these missing gentry. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- They were Briarfield gentry. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Do you talk in that familiar manner of one of the landed gentry of England? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- These latter gentry stood outside--stood quietly by their long line of vehicles and said never a word. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I wish I could say the same of the gentry--detestable word, but I suppose I must use it--of the gentry in the neighbourhood. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Why, said Brummell to several of these half-and-half sort of gentry, have not I called you Dick, Tom, and John, you rogues? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- That's the mistaken kindness of the gentry here,' said Mr. Pickwick. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The manufacturer, banker, and captain of industry have practically displaced a hereditary landed gentry as the immediate directors of social affairs. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- True,' said Dodson, 'I dare say you have been annoyed in the Fleet; there are some odd gentry there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The young people, the Etonians, and children of the neighbouring gentry, held a mock fair, to which all the country people were invited. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- These are the gentry that named the Lake. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He broke off acquaintance with all the gentry, and shut himself up like a hermit at the Hall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Hill knows all these gentry, and he will give a name to him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
手打:路德维格