upper class

英 [ði ˌʌpə ˈklɑːs]

美 [ði ˌʌpər ˈklæs]

n.  上流社会; 上等阶层

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 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
  1. a member of the upper class/upper classes
     上流社会人士

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 上层阶级；上等阶层；上流社会
  Theupper classor theupper classesare the group of people in a society who own the most property and have the highest social status, and who may not need to work for money.
  1. ...goods specifically designed to appeal to the tastes of the upper class...
     专门为迎合上流社会品位而设计的商品
  2. Many of the British upper classes are no longer very rich.
     英国的上流社会许多人已不再富得流油。
  3. Upper classis also an adjective.
     
  4. All of them came from wealthy, upper class families.
     他们全部来自富有的上流社会家庭。
  5. ...different styles of upper-class speech.
     上流社会不同的讲话风格

英英释义

noun

• the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
  Synonym:upper crust

双语例句

• In order to understand the system, it is first necessary to understand the structure of that upper class.
  所以，为了了解围的礼乐制度，有必要先了解其社会上层的结构。
• The upper class comprised two interrelated groups, the traditional landed elite and the new rich.
  上层社会包括两类利益相关的人群，一种是传统意义上的地主，一种是财富新贵。
• My understanding was you had to be upper class, academically bright and a white male.
  我曾认为要成为间谍，你必须是出身上流社会，学业优异的白人男子。
• He had envisioned it as a key element in the success of his new restaurant, his entitlement as a member of the upper class and the envy of every chef in town.
  他曾想像它是他新开张的餐馆获得成功的重要因素，是他成为上层社会的一员并获得相应权利的重要原因，同时也是他成为镇上所有厨师忌妒对象的罪魁祸首。
• In the19th century, cricket was a sport played mainly by the upper class.
  在19世纪，板球运动主要是上流阶级的运动。
• The American upper class like to decorate their houses with oriental handmade rugs;
  美国的上流社会喜欢用东方的手织地毯装饰家居。
• Volkswagen has consistently expanded the availability of this filter technology from the upper class to the small car.
  大众油罐车已经扩大了可用性的持续过滤技术从上层阶级的小型汽车。
• Freud's& Freud was very focused on the family life of the people he interacted with, which is rather upper class Europeans, and these sort of questions would have been difficult for Freud to answer.
  弗洛伊德的-弗洛伊德非常专注于他卷入的人们的家庭生活，这当然是上层的欧洲人的，而这类的问题对弗洛伊德来时要回答是有困难的。
• Since going away to university he's affected a ridiculous upper class accent.
  自从去上大学以后，他便装出一种可笑的上流社会的腔调。
• I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night.
  第一天晚上我去参加了上流社会的一个无聊的晚餐会。