upper-class

upper-class什么意思,upper-class翻译

基本解释

adj.: 上层阶级(特有)的
网络: 上流社会的；上等阶层；上层阶级的

权威解释

• 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

英汉解释

• 上流社会

• 上层阶级(特有)的

同义词

adj.aristocraticnoblehighbornblue-blooded

例句

• buses Britain did not get off easy in Australia, get off early to be ready, come from the turmoil of the upper class.

  公交车上下车英国没有澳洲从容，下车时必须早早准备，从动荡的上层走到下层。

• There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for "English as it should be spoken. "

  每当上流社会想给“规范英语”制订一些条条框框时，总会遭到下层人民的抵制。

• Upper-class people are indulged: Mr Dolphus Raymond is a wealthy white man from a "fine old family" who prefers the company of black people.

  上层人则饱受社会优宠：多尔弗斯·雷蒙出身世家，是个富有的白人，更喜欢与黑人为伍。

• And maybe the upper-class are the only ones fortunate to be able to work long hours for hefty compensation.

  而且，也许只有上流社会的人才可以幸运地长时间工作，以获取巨额的报酬。

• The governor was written as a kind of guide book on what sort of education young men required if they were to succeed in the upper class.

  《统治者之书》是一本类似于指导手册的书，它告诉年轻人，如果希望在上流阶层有所作为，他们需要接受怎样的教育。

• Despite this drastic life change, Lara still retains the essence of her upbringing - most notably with her polite, upper-class accent.

  尽管生活发生了巨大的变化，劳拉仍旧保留了高贵的本质，尤其是她那彬彬有礼的上流社会的口音。

• But the marked increase of the salaried rich shows just how much the upper class has changed in recent decades.

  但富人收入中薪水比例的大幅增加表明上层阶级在近几十年发生了巨变。

• Part of their strategy, he said, was to attract upper-class tourists so the city did not become a backpacker haven, like Kathmandu.

  他表示，他们战略中的一部分，是吸引高端旅游者，而不是像加德满都那样，成为背包客的天堂。

• This movement, arising as it does among the poor themselves, is likely to have more force than if it was from upper class.

  因为这场运动是发生于穷人之间的，很可能比来自上流社会的更有力量。

• Although Gatsby from poor, However, he has been able to dream of a society among the upper class, with the beloved Daisy together forever.

  虽然盖茨比出身贫寒，但他一直梦想着能跻身于上流社会，与心爱的黛西长相斯守。