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

• They have raised their rough, work-soiled hands and laid them on the gentry.
  他们举起他们那粗黑的手，加在绅士们头上了。
• On the question of the enlightened gentry.
  关于开明绅士问题。
• They have discredited the local tyrants and evil gentry.
  他们损伤了土豪劣绅的体面。
• 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。
• This form of punishment more than any other makes the local tyrants and evil gentry tremble.
  这种处罚，最使土豪劣绅颤栗。
• 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。
• The expansion of the modern Hunan gentry forces benefits considerably from the establishment of Zeng Guofans Xiang Army.
  近代湖南绅权势力的膨胀得益于曾国藩创办的湘军。
• "Other patriots" refers primarily to the enlightened gentry.
  所说的其他爱国人士，则主要地是指的开明绅士。
• The English gentry are next below the royalty.
  英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。
• The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough.
  当地的贵族和专业人士都对学校持冷漠的态度，虽然学校非常乐意地接收了他们的孩子去读书。