n. 1.贵族们，绅士们；〔英国〕(仅次于贵族的)绅士阶级，上等人士；可以使用纹章的平民〔多为大地主〕。 2.〔谑、蔑〕人们，伙伴。 短语和例子 evil gentrys 劣绅。 the flash gentry 盗贼们，流氓们。 the gentry of the press 新闻界人士。 the light-fingered gentry 扒手们。 the silk-stocking gentry 富人，财主。 these gentry 〔蔑称〕这些家伙。
the most powerful members of a society 同义词：aristocracy,
Gentry (origin Old French genterie, from gentil, "high-born, noble") denotes "well-born and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past.Cambridge Advanced Learner's DictionaryOxford English Dictionary Gentry, in its widest connotation, refers to people of good social position connected to landed estates (see manorialism), upper levels of the clergy, and "gentle" families of long descent who never obtained the official right to bear a coat of arms.
例句与用法
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The english gentry are next below the nobility . 英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。
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Now the lookalofts would boast that their aspirations has been sanctioned by the gentry of the country . 如今，卢卡洛夫特家就会夸口说，他们的抱负得到了当地上流社会的认可。
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She was an old woman who for twenty years had brought the neighboring gentry into the world . 她是个上了年纪的女人，二十年来，邻近的许许多多上层社会的绅士们都是由她接生的。
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Culture of gentry and lin yutang ' s literary character 绅士文化与林语堂的文学品格
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Do you suppose you can talk to the gentry like that “怎么能这样跟老爷们讲话呀？
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Hunan gentry and political changes of the late qing dynasty 湖南绅士与晚清政治变迁
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On the political participation channels of modern gentry 近代湖南绅士的政治参与渠道
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The light - fingered gentry frequented these shops 梁上君子经常光顾这些店。
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In old society , the gentry lived in luxury 在旧社会，贵族们生活奢侈。
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Ths creation of a new rural gentry , however , had another side 事情还不只是出现了新乡绅。
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