noblesse
noblesse 英 [nəʊ'bles] 美
n. 高贵；贵族阶级
名词复数:noblesses
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- n. 高贵；贵族阶级
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1. Scion of the noblesse and son of a resistance hero, Sanche de Gramont fought in the French army in Algeria, went to Yale and worked as a reporter for Newsweek.
身为贵族子弟和抵抗运动英雄之子，桑士·德·格拉蒙加入法军到阿尔及利亚打仗，上过耶鲁大学，当国《新闻周刊》的记者。
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2. The tradition of noblesse oblige.
贵族行为理应高尚的传统。
- noblesse (n.) early 13c., "noble birth or condition," from Old French noblece "noble birth, splendor, magnificence" (Modern French noblesse), from Vulgar Latin *nobilitia, from Latin nobilis (see noble (adj.)). French phrase noblesse oblige "privilege entails responsibility" is attested in English first in 1837.
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