aristocracy

B2 CET-6 大学 FREQ #21382 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 贵族, 上层社会, 知识界杰出分子 [法] 贵族政治, 贵族统治

发音

UK /ˌæɹ.ɪˈstɒk.ɹə.si/
US /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/
其它

词形变化

aristocracies 复数 aristocracies

教材释义与例句

名词

贵族；贵族统治；上层社会；贵族政治

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

    贵族

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.

    贵族政府

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

nobility gentry

上位词 3

elite upper class upper crust

下位词 8

samurai knighthood peerage baronage baronetage landed gentry noblesse squirearchy

部分词 3

aristocrat patrician blue blood

相关短语

aristocracy of labor aristocracy of labour labour aristocracy 工人贵族 labor aristocracy bunyip aristocracy black aristocracy codfish aristocracy

词源

Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā, “the rule of the best“, that is, “the best-born”, “nobility”), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best, noblest”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -cracy.

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