gentry

gentry

['dʒentri]

n.绅士, 名流, 贵族们

例句与用法：

In the Eighteenth Century, the clergy, like the nobility and gentry, often rode to hounds.

在18世纪，神职人员跟贵族和上流社会人士一样，常常骑马打猎。

Another commuter from the suburban gentry.

来自郊区的又一个通勤者

The English gentry is next below the nobility.

英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。

In old society, the gentry lived in luxury.

在旧社会，贵族们生活奢侈。

词形变化：

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n.[theS][K]

1. 上流社会人士; 【英】(地位、出身仅次于贵族的)中上阶级

2. (某地或从事某职业的)人们

the newspaper gentry

报界人士