nobility
nobility 英 [nəʊˈbɪləti] 美 [noʊˈbɪləti]
n. 贵族；高贵；高尚
名词复数:nobilities
- 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.
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- n. 贵族；高贵；高尚
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1. Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。
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2. But that should not deter us from seeing its nobility and universality.
但这不应阻碍我们看到它的高贵和普遍性。
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3. I found myself in a large room, where people were sitting at lunch or supper around small tables, as is the custom, I am told, at parties in the houses of our nobility and gentry.
我发现自己在一个大的房子里，在哪里人们正围着一张小的桌子吃着午餐或是晚餐，正如我所被告知的风俗一样，在聚会上的都是贵族与上流社会人士。
- 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.
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