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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many of them say they want to be a sort of upper class, rather than only being rich.
  很多富人说，他们希望成为上流社会的一份子，而不只是有钱而已。
• 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。
• 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；
• It is precisely that the vulgarization and the downward movement of the upper class's mysticism was the reason of this situation.
  正是由于玄学从上层社会的向下移动和庸俗化，才导致了这样的局面。
• 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。
• Clients usually fall into to the upper class category but try to keep their intentions about emigration quiet.
  客户通常都是上流社会的人，但是他们都不张扬他们的移民打算。