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单词 upper class
释义
upper class
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌʌp.ə ˈklɑːs/us
/ˌʌp.ɚ ˈklæs/
(alsothe upper classes[plural])
C1
asocialgroupconsisting of thepeoplewho have thehighestsocialrankand who are usuallyrich:
上流社会；上等阶级；富人阶层
Theupperclassesusuallysendtheirchildrentoexpensiveprivateschools.富人阶层一般把孩子送往学费昂贵的私立学校。
Compare
lower classold-fashioned
middle class
working classnoun
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Class & class-consciousness in general
  • anti-bourgeois
  • anti-snob
  • arriviste
  • bougie
  • gentrification
  • gentrify
  • go/come down in the worldidiom
  • go/come up in the worldidiom
  • pedigreed
  • petit bourgeois
  • petty bourgeois
  • pleb
  • social climbing
  • social mobility
  • the bottom of the heapidiom
  • the gentry
  • the petite bourgeoisie
  • the upper crust
  • trailer trash
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upper-class
adjective
uk
/ˌʌp.əˈklɑːs/us
/ˌʌp.ɚˈklæs/
C1
belongingorrelatingto asocialgroupconsisting of thepeoplewho have thehighestsocialrankand who are usuallyrich:
She comes from a very upper-classfamily.
HerFrenchwas good butspokenwith an upper-class Britishaccent.
Herhusbandwas more upper-class than she was.
More examples
  • He is theepitomeof an upper-classtwit.
  • Shegrewup in an upper-classneighborhoodin Cairo.
  • He was the firstmemberof hisfamilytoreceiveaconventionalEnglishupper-classeducation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Class & class-consciousness in general
  • anti-bourgeois
  • anti-snob
  • arriviste
  • bougie
  • gentrification
  • gentrify
  • go/come down in the worldidiom
  • go/come up in the worldidiom
  • pedigreed
  • petit bourgeois
  • petty bourgeois
  • pleb
  • social climbing
  • social mobility
  • the bottom of the heapidiom
  • the gentry
  • the petite bourgeoisie
  • the upper crust
  • trailer trash
  • underclass
See more results »
(Definition ofupper classfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
upper class
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌʌp.ə ˈklɑːs/us
/ˌʌp.ɚ ˈklæs/
(alsothe upper classes[plural])
C1
asocialgroupconsisting of thepeoplewho have thehighestsocialrankand who are usuallyrich
上流社会；上等阶级；富人阶层
Theupperclassesusuallysendtheirchildrentoexpensiveprivateschools.富人阶层一般把孩子送往学费昂贵的私立学校。
Compare
lower classold-fashioned
middle class
working classnoun

upper class| American Dictionary

upper class
noun
us
/ˌˈʌp·ər ˈklæs/
thegroupofpeoplewho have thehighestpositionand the mostsocialandeconomicinfluencein asociety
(Definition ofupper classfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

upper class| Business English

upper class
noun[S]
ECONOMICS
uk
us
asocialgroupconsisting of thepeoplewho have thehighestsocialrankand who are usuallyrich:
Theupperclassesusuallysendtheirchildrentoprivateschools.
Compare
lower-class
the middle class
working-class

upper-class

adjective
She comes from a very upper-classfamily.
(Definition ofupper classfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofupper class

upper class
He was not, of course, of theupperclassas the account of his rejection because of his "station" amply demonstrates.
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She argues that the economic and domestic functions ofupperclassfamilies were mutually reinforcing rather than separate.
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Musical performance was a highly prized skill among theupperclass.
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A sharedupperclasselaboration of seafood as an articulation of refined manners and cultivation, thus, is probably a relatively recent phenomenon.
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Most of these families belonged to theupperclass.
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Theupperclassconstituted 13 per cent of the city's population whereas they represented 62 per cent of the employers.
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The omission of ceilings and the lack of intermediate partitions also combine to create a spatial continuum unique in theupperclassresidence.
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The present data do not suggest that large parental age differences are associated with lower class, rather thanupperclass, births.
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Theupperclasscomprises households with substantial income from wealth or entrepreneurial activity, or in which the breadwinner is in managerial or professional employment.
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At the top, with incomes well above the mean, is anupperclasscomprising people with assets or skills that are internationally transferable.
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She also argues that someupperclasswomen, especially those of the harem, managed to influence their powerful husbands.
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Therefore, to render the data more consistent, the data from herupperclassspeakers was excluded here. 14.
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Theupperclassset an example for enjoyment of luxury that other classes would emulate.
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Municipal land ownership stipulated high leases forupperclassvillas, thus compensating the low leases for public housing.
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Sixty-one percent of the families were classified as middle class, 25% as lower class, and 14% asupperclass.
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