nobility
英 [n?(?)'b?l?t?]
美 [no'b?l?ti]
中文詞源
英文詞源
- nobility (n.)
- mid-14c., "quality of being excellent or rare," from Old French nobilite "high rank; dignity, grace; great deed" (12c., Modern French nobilité), and directly from Latin nobilitatem (nominative nobilitas) "celebrity, fame; high birth; excellence, superiority; the nobles," from nobilis "well-known, prominent" (see noble (adj.)). Meaning "quality of being of noble rank or birth" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "noble class collectively" is from 1520s.
雙語例句
- 1. Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.
- 盡管沒有正式的權(quán)力，貴族階層并非沒有權(quán)勢(shì)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry.
- 他們大多是貴族和地主鄉(xiāng)紳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In Norman England, the greyhound was a symbol of nobility.
- 靈犭是在諾曼時(shí)期的英格蘭是高貴的象征。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility.
- 她宛如善良和高貴的化身。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility.
- 新興的商業(yè)階層渴望得到舊貴族的接納.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》