gentry是什么意思？

gentry

英[ˈdʒentri] 美[ˈdʒɛntri]

• n. 绅士们，贵族们，上层阶级；

复数：gentries;

例句

• Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry. 宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末。
• The so-called golden-collar gentry are essentially nothing but brain-workers with high income. 所谓的“金领贵族”实质上不过是高收入的脑力劳动者而已。
• Landed income was the true measure of the gentry. 来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
• The methods they employed were heavily biased in the gentry’s favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。
• She was beaten by the Polish and Lithuanian gentry. 它败于波兰和立陶宛士绅.
• The so - called golden - collar gentry are essentially nothing but brain - workers with high income. 所谓的“金领贵族”实质上不过是高收入的脑力劳动者而已.
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级.
• True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.--David Tyson Gentry 真正的友情是，即使两人不说话，也觉得很舒服。
• Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry. 他们大多是贵族和地主乡绅。
• 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。

英语四级真题

For example, several months after listening to an informative speech, Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker, Julie Paris.
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What do we learn about Pete Gentry
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PLURAL
  上流社会人士；绅士阶层；贵族阶层
  The gentry are people of high social status or high birth.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  绅士;上等人
  Landed income was the true measure of the gentry. 来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。 The so-called golden-collar gentry are essentially nothing but brain-workers with high income. 所谓的“金领贵族”实质上不过是高收入的脑力劳动者而已。 Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry. 宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the most powerful members of a society