| 单词 | the upper class |
| 释义 | the upper class [singular + singular or plural verb] (especially name) (also the upper classes [plural]) the group of people in a society that are considered to have the highest social status and that have more money and/or power than other people上流社会；上等阶层◆they produced luxury furniture for the middle and upper classes.他们为中上等阶层生产豪华家具。ⓘ the upper class is sometimes used to refer just to the aristocracy, but is often used with a wider meaning, including the gentry and sometimes also business and professional people with enough money to buy the property, education and culture needed to enable them to mix socially with other members of the upper class. * the upper class 有时专指贵族，但其含义常比较宽泛，涵盖绅士阶层，有时甚至包括那些有经济实力的商人和专业人士，他们购置房产、接受高等教育和文化熏陶，进而能融入到上流社会中◆wealthy industrialists joined the upper class by virtue of their newly acquired spending power.富有的实业家凭借他们刚获得的高消费能力步入了上层社会。 ➡ see also class → class 4 , the middle class → middle class noun , the working class → general public , upper class → aristocratic the ˌupper ˈclassnoun [sing] (also the ˌupper ˈclasses [pl]) the group of people in a society who are considered to have the highest social position and who have more money and/or power than other people （社会的）上层阶级: ◇a member of the upper class/upper classes 上层阶级的成员 ➔ˌupper ˈclass adj ◇they're upper class. 他们是上等阶级。◇an upper-class accent 上层阶级的口音 ☞compare the middle class and the working class. 与the middle class及the working class比较。 |
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