| 单词 | aristocracy |
| 释义 | aristocracy (once / 339 pages) n A person who's "born to rule" belongs to the ruling class, or aristocracy, and is "noble" just by being in the family line — whether they have done anything noble or not. In an aristocracy, a princess who doesn’t visit sick children or clear land mines is still a princess. "Rule of the best" or "by a privileged class" are 16th-century Latin meanings for aristocracy. There are examples of the "best" coming from ordinary society, no matter who their parents are, but often the aristocracy is made up of families who start ruling and keep the power in the family generation after generation. Kings and queens, princes and princesses, and dukes and earls, are all titles within an aristocracy, though some really hard-working and noble outsiders may earn a spot in the aristocracy too. WORD FAMILYaristocracy: aristocracies, aristocratic+/aristocrat: aristocracy, aristocratical, aristocrats/aristocratic: aristocratically USAGE EXAMPLESWhich is to say that it was a semi-feudal aristocracy dependent on a steady supply of cheap labor. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Economic conditions for the masses far lagged those of the aristocracy. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Tradescant was an avid plant collector and botanist, a prime example of the English aristocracy’s longstanding fascination with plants. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n a privileged class holding hereditary titles Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper nobility Ferdinand and Isabella joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I William and Maryjoint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II noblesse members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) baronage, peeragethe peers of a kingdom considered as a group baronetagethe collective body of baronets knighthoodaristocrats holding the rank of knight samuraifeudal Japanese military aristocracy elite, elite group a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status 2n the most powerful members of a society Syn|Hypo|Hyper gentry landed gentry, squirearchy the gentry who own land (considered as a class) upper class, upper crust the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
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