| 释义 |
‖ haute bourgeoisie|ot burʒwazi|
[Fr.]
The French upper middle class; also extended to the upper middle class of other countries. Cf. bourgeoisie.
1888Athenæum 4 Aug. 153/2 The haute bourgeoisie and the humble shopkeeper, citizens by nature and condition, have interests as indivisible. 1901G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self-Sketches (1949) ix. 51 On the down grade from the zenith of haute bourgeoisie and landed gentry. 1924A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl i. ii. 12 Alix was to tell her whether they were petite noblesse or haute bourgeoisie. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 7 A collection of the elderly haute bourgeoisie. 1940F. Scott Fitzgerald Let. 14 Aug. (1964) 420 My father and Aunt Elise struggling to keep their children in the haute bourgeoisie. 1962Listener 22 Feb. 350/1 A rich residential district for the prosperous Glasgow haute bourgeoisie. 1969N.Y. Rev. Books 16 Jan. 34/3 The Business Council—which is about as close to an executive committee of the American haute bourgeoisie as one can get. |