upper class
常考释义
1.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
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。
Swinton hails from an upper-class Scottish family in London and was educated at Cambridge before working in theater.
史温顿来自伦敦的一个苏格兰上层阶级家庭,在踏入戏剧界之前在剑桥受过教育。
It was an upper-class institution whose students should normally have been political conservatives.
它是一所贵族学校,按理说,学生在政治上应该是保守的。
It was an upper-class institution whose students should have been political conservatives .
它是一所贵族学校。按理说,学生在政治上是保守的。
The British Museum of London opened in 1759. It was called "Public. " But in the beginning. , Only people from the upper class could enter.
伦敦大英帝国博物馆1759年开馆。它被称作“公共”。但,刚开始时,仅对一些上流社会的名流开放。
And upper-class aristocratic women or his wife to meet before hand if the woman did sag type, then kiss the fingers gently lift.
和上流社会贵族妇女或夫人见面,若女方先伸出手做下垂式,则将指尖轻轻提起吻之。
He is at the bottom of the upper class for his limited means, so he can have no men respect him.
由于他卑鄙的手段,他现在处于上层社会的底层,所以才没有人尊重他。
The additional fact that New Orleans has upper-class and middle-class black populations has been a significant factor in such projects.
另一个重要事实是,新奥尔良市的黑人上流阶级和中产阶级已经成为推动这些项目的重要因素。
The Queen's English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen's Christmas broadcasts had found.
一项对女王圣诞节广播讲话的科学研究发现,女王现在的英语听起来少了些上流社会的口音。
He had risen to leadership of a party still essentially upper - class in its orientation if no longer in its composition.
他领导的党从方针上(如果不再从成分上)说的是以上等阶层为主的。
Set in the upper class of New York society after the Civil War, a description of the experiences of a young lady-Lily Bart is given.
以美国南北战争后纽约上层社会为主要背景,描述了一位年轻女子-丽莉•巴特的种种遭遇。
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