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nobility

音標[n?u'biliti] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 貴族, 高尚, 貴族階級

詞型變化:

名詞複數:nobilities 

英文解釋:

名詞 nobility:

  1. a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    同義詞:aristocracy
  2. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
    同義詞:nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
  3. the state of being of noble birth
    同義詞:noblesse

例句:

  1. The English gentry is next below the nobility.
    英國紳士的地位僅次於貴族。
  2. The nobility usually resist social changes.
    貴族通常反對社會變革。
  3. He is remembered for the nobility of his character.
    他因品質高尚而被人懷念。

詳細解釋:


no.bil.i.ty

n.(名詞)
【複數】 no.bil.i.ties
A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses:
貴族階級:由高貴的出身或等級區分的一個階級的人,在英國包括公爵和公爵夫人、侯爵和候爵夫人、伯爵和伯爵夫人、子爵和子爵夫人、男爵和田爵夫人:
例句:
.The old English nobility of office made way for the Norman nobility of faith and landed wealth.(Winston S. Churchill)
.執政的舊英國貴族讓位給忠實而且富有的諾爾曼貴族.(溫斯頓S.邱吉爾)

Noble rank or status:
高貴:高貴的地位或身份
例句:
Congress may not grant titles of nobility.
國會可以不授於貴族的頭銜

The state or quality of being exalted in character.
崇高:品格崇高的狀態性質

來源:
Middle English nobilite [the quality of being noble]
中古英文 nobilite [高貴的性質]
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Latin bilit3s
源自 拉丁語 bilit3s
from bilis [noble] * see noble
源自 bilis [高貴的] *參見 noble

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