| 单词 | people of quality |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeople of quality a. Used in phrases denoting a group or community of people identified as belonging together by reason of certain shared origins, attributes, attitudes, or beliefs, as †people of condition, people of fashion, people of quality, people of rank, etc.See also people of colour at colour n.1 Phrases 11. ΚΠ 1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1974) VIII. 160 No more people of condition willing to live there. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 148 Freely..eaten by People of Quality. 1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 1. 18 Meer common judges..allowed her person to be agreeable; people of discernment and taste pronounced her something more. 1799 T. Jefferson Let. 5 Feb. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 9 Rigaud at the head of the people of colour [of Haiti] maintains his allegiance [to France]. 1801 Port Folio 23 May 163/3 The Americans..call the blacks, as well as their tawny offspring, people of colour. 1859 A. H. Clough tr. Plutarch Lives II. 17 The sight of all this made the people of good repute in the city feel disgust and abhorrence. 1938 Life 4 Apr. 65 (advt.) People of Taste say this new Kroehler living room furniture is the smartest and most satisfying they have ever seen. 1994 This Mag. (Toronto) Nov. 21/2 ARA..came under criticism from many people of colour who were concerned that head-to-head tactics might stir up Nazi violence. person (also man, woman, gentleman, lady, people, etc.) of quality a. Nobility, high birth or rank, good social position; chiefly in phrase person (also man, woman, gentleman, lady, people, etc.) of quality. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] freedomeOE earlshipOE noblesse?c1225 anourc1330 freelya1350 nobleheada1382 nobletya1387 nobléc1395 nobilitya1400 generosity?a1475 apparage?1504 quality1579 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 886 He had all the men of qualitie [Fr. hommes de qualité] his sworne enemies. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 103 Let him..procure Recommendation, to some person of Quality. 1671 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 22 There are no men of quality but the Duke of Monmouth; all the rest are gentlemen. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 180 A Lady of Quality, Madam M——..askt me, What I had seen in Paris that most pleased me. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 148 Freely..eaten by People of Quality. 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling 245 The count, for he was of quality, was solicitous to return the obligation. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 273 Many persons of quality sate the whole day in their carriages. 1871 J. Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 9 High enough to command the admiration of people of quality. 1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ ii. i. 69 I'd forgotten that such a phrase was ever made by fine men for fine women—a woman of quality! 2005 Irish Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. Sam Sweet, a poor Jewish builder,..impresses a lady of quality. < as lemmas |
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