| 词汇 | aristocracy |
| 释义 | aristocracy noun[ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk /ˌær.ɪˈstɒk.rə.si/ us /ˌer.əˈstɑː.krə.si/ a class of people who hold high social rank: 贵族，贵族阶级 members of the aristocracy贵族阶级成员 Royalty, aristocracy & titles accede to something accession anointed anti-monarchical anti-monarchist dukedom earl earldom emir emperor mister monarch monarchist morganatic Mr royally Rt. Hon. Shah sheikh sire aristocracy | American Dictionaryaristocracy noun[ C ] us/ˌær·əˈstɑk·rə·si/ a class of people of high social rank politics & government An aristocracy is also a government ruled by or consisting of people of a high social class. aristocratnoun[ C ]us/əˈrɪs·təˌkræt, ˈær·ə·stə-/ a prep-school-educated American aristocrat aristocraticadjective[ gradable ]us/əˌrɪs·təˈkræt̬·ɪk, ˌær·ə·stə-/ His aristocratic manner alienated many voters. Examples of aristocracyaristocracy A democracy that relied on this device was merely a "concealed aristocracy". The following years, moreover, arguably saw the law shed its associations with the gentry and aristocracy that had been characteristic of earlier decades. A government of the people was qualitatively different from monarchy or aristocracy, where powerholders were sufficiently unitary that governance could well satisfy them. Socially, the marriage alliances of the oligarchy consolidated it as a homogenous, but peculiar group, distinct from both aristocracy and bourgeoisie. Medical men, clergy, professionals and traders were prominent with various members of the aristocracy, gentry and clergy being enrolled as vice-presidents and patrons. Other lexical markers can be noted amongst the aristocracy. The working-class ' aristocracy ' and foremen were, however, paid on a weekly or monthly basis. The bishops constructed residences analogous to those of the political and social aristocracy. Royalists argued that an aristocracy, as a support for the monarch, played a crucial role in the maintenance of stability. People might achieve the aim of gathering in societies by many forms : democracy, aristocracy, or monarchy. Most of his patrons from the higher bureaucracy, aristocracy, and royalty were gone forever. Everybody asked to go to the city, so that the centre of the dominant bureaucracy and aristocracy could be besieged. Other members of the aristocracy might be wishing to express themselves architecturally in different ways elsewhere. Nobility, or the titled aristocracy, is the paramount example. This is the essential difference between quality and quantity, between distinctiveness and uniformity, between aristocracy and democracy, he explained. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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