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单词 patrician
释义
patrician
adjective
formal
uk
/pəˈtrɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈtrɪʃ.ən/
of or like apersonof highsocialrank
贵族的
Synonyms
aristocratic
blue-blooded
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patrician
noun[C]
formal
uk
/pəˈtrɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈtrɪʃ.ən/
apersonof highsocialrank:
Henoddedfirmly,acknowledgingthepresenceof afellowpatrician.
Synonym
aristocrat
More examples
  • InRomantimes,runnerswouldbringsnowdown fromMountEtna to beflavouredandservedtowealthypatricians.
  • At least hepossessedgoodmanners, as atruepatrician should.
  • Heplaysthehandsomepatrician whocheatedhis way tofameandfortune.
  • He wasintimidatedby herfather, astern,demandingpatrician.
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(Definition ofpatricianfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
patrician
adjective
formal
uk
/pəˈtrɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈtrɪʃ.ən/
of or like apersonof highsocialrank
贵族的

patrician| American Dictionary

patrician
noun[C]
us/pəˈtrɪʃ·ən/
apersonof highsocialclass:
She isdescendedfrom alonglineof patricians
world history
InancientRome, a patrician was amemberof one of thefamiliesoforiginalcitizensof thecity
(Definition ofpatricianfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpatrician

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However, even in this context,patricianfathers were dismayed to see the lengths to which their sons took this trend.
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At the same time there is a reassertion of patronage directed toward a degradedpatricianrelic.
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Whilepatricianinstitutions have buildings that record their history, working class and ethnic communities rarely share that privilege.
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In the absence of detailed studies it is difficult to draw firm conclusions about developments withinpatricianconsumer behaviour.
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He shall know at a glance the festive theatre and the stern hall of hoodwinked justice, the modest hospital and thepatricianpalace.
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Toward his more scientifically inclined colleagues he affects apatricianand withering contempt.
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In general, each city or town had its own governing council, a body of wealthy male patricians kept in office by wealth and custom.
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Two further aspects ofpatricianlife escape a simplistic patrilineal interpretation, and yet are important defining features ofpatricianmasculinity.
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But the spirit world was notoriously the realm of popular enthusiasm or ofpatricianwit and satire.
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In the early decades of the nineteenth century,patricianrivalry remained the most visible dynamic of political relations.
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Protestant patricians happily gave their servants the day off to go to patterns.
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Further, the yards themselves (even those of thepatricianelite) were exceptionally small, from 1850 onwards conventionally 150 square feet (about 14 square metres).
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This was the authenticpatricianvoice of the conservative home ruler.
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Patricianfamilies needed to place their surplus female offspring in the convent, as this was cheaper than marriage.
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The government of the town had been vested at an early date in itspatricianfamilies.
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