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
- For the next few hundred years the upper class spoke French while the common people spoke English.
在接下来的几百年时间里,英国的上层阶级说法语,而平民百姓仍然说英语。 - Who exactly is "upper class" in England or is it just a mental construct?
那么在英国,谁又是“上流阶层”?抑或只是一时臆想? - 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。 - The Law of One remained a nurturing, matriarchal spiritual culture, while the Aryan grew into a powerful military corporate society, dominated by the upper class.
“一的法则”仍是一个培育、母系灵性的文化,而雅利安人却发展为一个被上级所控制的强大的军事企业社会。 - This part of town is where the upper class live.
镇上这个地区是上层阶级的人住的。 - Clients usually fall into to the upper class category but try to keep their intentions about emigration quiet.
客户通常都是上流社会的人,但是他们都不张扬他们的移民打算。 - 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。 - 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。 - Many of them say they want to be a sort of upper class, rather than only being rich.
很多富人说,他们希望成为上流社会的一份子,而不只是有钱而已。 - It is precisely that the vulgarization and the downward movement of the upper class's mysticism was the reason of this situation.
正是由于玄学从上层社会的向下移动和庸俗化,才导致了这样的局面。