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

• 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。
• 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。
• The writer builds up a clever contextual picture of upper class life.
  作者巧妙地构筑了一幅上流社会生活的背景图画。
• She is quickly moving out of the middle to the upper class.
  她很快由中产阶级进入到上流社会。
• Well at least it means they're probably not members of the upper class or high status members.
  至少说明了这些人或许不是，社会的上层人员。
• 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。
• Hypocrisy and Utilitarianism of the Upper Class in Emma
  从《爱玛》看上流社会的虚伪和功利主义
• Who exactly is "upper class" in England or is it just a mental construct?
  那么在英国，谁又是“上流阶层”？抑或只是一时臆想？
• 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。
• She belongs to the rich American upper class and spends her time having lunch with friends and doing charity work.
  她属于美国富裕的上层阶级，把时间花在和朋友共进午餐和做慈善工作上面。