| 单词 | nobility |
| 释义 | nobility (once / 418 pages) n Nobility refers to a privileged class of people — often receiving hereditary titles — also called the aristocracy. You know the type. They hang around manors and castles, or curry favor at court. In the United states, there is no official class system, so there is no official noble class, or nobility. But nobility is also a synonym for nobleness — elevation of morals, ideals, or behavior. So if you have friends who always behave with generosity, honesty, and integrity, you may be surrounded by nobility — even if you don’t hang out with lords, baronesses, dukes, or ladies. WORD FAMILYnobility: nobilities+/ennoble: ennobled, ennoblement, ennobles, ennobling/ennobling: ennoblingly/noble: ennoble, nobility, nobleness, nobler, nobles, noblest, nobly/nobleness: noblenesses/nobly: noblys USAGE EXAMPLESThen he executes the old regime’s nobility, judges and financiers. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) And while sportsmanship guardians will admonish me for saying this, it’s disingenuous to expect too much nobility in a sport that requires such viciousness. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) ‘Dream’ has all the same qualities of those pieces: the eloquence, the excitement, the nobility. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1n a privileged class holding hereditary titles Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper aristocracy 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 state of being of noble birth Syn|Hypo|Hyper noblesse purple of imperial status position, status the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society 3n the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct Syn|Hypo|Hyper grandeur, magnanimousness, nobleness high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued sublimitynobility in thought or feeling or style honorableness, honourableness the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor |
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