The lower middle class of army officers and bureaucrats who rose in the revolution have joined the gentry they were supposed to have ousted , adopted their haughty ways and now share egypt 's spoils with them .
Small wonder producers want to cast him into the past , installing him as an emblem of the lost generation , fated to be sent off to war , pickle his promise in gin or preside over the sweet , sad decline of the landed gentry .
He compared the situation to the foot and mouth crisis when farmers were forced to cull their cows to stop the disease spreading . " It is for trees what foot and mouth was for cows , except there is no compensation for the landed gentry , " he said .
the most powerful members of a society同义词:aristocracy
例句
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。
详细解释
gen.try n.(名词)【复数】gen.tries People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.出身名门者:出身高贵的人,有良好的教养或高层社会地位的人 An upper or ruling class.上层阶级,统治阶级The class of English landowners ranking just below the nobility.乡绅:英国土地拥有者阶层,地位仅低于贵族People of a particular class or group:属特定阶级或群体的人:例句:another commuter from the suburban gentry.来自郊区的又一个通勤者 来源:Middle English gentri [nobility of birth] 中古英语 gentri [出身贵族] from Old French genterie 源自 古法语 genterie variant of genterise, gentilisegenterise, gentilise的变体 from gentil [noble] * see gentle 源自 gentil [贵族] *参见 gentle