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

• Fairhope is swifty becoming a retirement town for middle and upper class.
  并且正逐步的成为中高阶层的养老镇了。
• The Law of One remained a nurturing, matriarchal spiritual culture, while the Aryan grew into a powerful military corporate society, dominated by the upper class.
  “一的法则”仍是一个培育、母系灵性的文化，而雅利安人却发展为一个被上级所控制的强大的军事企业社会。
• In the course of reconstruction, node's attribute content construction in upper class was completed by its entity reconstruction function in lower class.
  在重构过程中，上一层实体的节点的属性内容重构调用下一层所对应实体的重构函数；
• 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。
• After the Norman conquest, upper class people spoke French while common people spoke english.
  诺曼征服后，上层阶级说法语，而普通百姓则说英语。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。