aristocracy
贵族制度,贵族阶层,贵族,贵族社会
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plural ar·is·toc·ra·cies.
- : a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility.
- : a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class.
- : government by those considered to be the best or most able people in the state.
- : a governing body composed of those considered to be the best or most able people in the state.
- : any class or group considered to be superior, as through education, ability, wealth, or social prestige.
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The autoworkers at Tesla, far from representing a labor aristocracy among autoworkers, say they make less than unionized workers at GM and Ford.
However, the rapid political and social changes threatened powerful individuals and institutions, especially the monarchy, the aristocracy and the church.
Perhaps the biggest giveaway that Penelope is Lady Whistledown arrives in the sixth episode, when Marina’s scandalous pregnancy — which predates her arrival in Grosvenor Square — is revealed to the aristocracy.
Undoubtedly, the enormous inherited fortunes of the aristocracy facilitated a certain eccentricity.
The British aristocracy is littered with stories of unmitigated spendthrifts who seem bent on self-destruction.
Kennedy mixed socially with leading British figures, particularly among the aristocracy, who agreed with him.
Why, I wonder, is Davenport so obsessed with defining himself as part of the British aristocracy?
Her father was a Viscount, so Taylor married into the Catalan aristocracy.
Perhaps, like father, I am a snob at heart and liked the sensation of a sort of artistic alliance with the British aristocracy.
I should judge from the streets that not more than one-fourth of the females of Galway belong to the shoe-wearing aristocracy.
I did not find the so remarkable for physical perfection and beauty as I had been taught to expect.