| 单词 | earl |
| 释义 | earl noun[C] uk/ɜːl/us/ɝːl/(thetitleof) a British man of highsocialrank, between amarquisand aviscount: （英国）伯爵（封号）the Earl of Northumberland诺森伯兰伯爵 Royalty, aristocracy & titles
Examplesofearlearl So he returned them their arms and entered the palace with theearl. From theCambridge English Corpus He was, nevertheless, a man of reasonable though unexceptional ability - by no means a pitiful nonentity like the secondearl. From theCambridge English Corpus The creation of new earls and marquesses inevitably led the more senior barons and earls to demand restoration of their pre-eminence. From theCambridge English Corpus Many feared, not without reason, that the king was about to dissolve parliament, reprieve theearl, and turn against his tormenters. From theCambridge English Corpus The fourthearlsucceeded to his title while still an infant. From theCambridge English Corpus Among the most conservative of the earl's men were his ecclesiastical tenants. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the tenurial position of theearlin respect of the crown was left unwritten and to a significant extent ambiguous. From theCambridge English Corpus At that moment the fourteen craftsmen building the earl's new mansion were discharged and removed to their parishes of settlement. From theCambridge English Corpus However, events after 1771 when the secondearleffectively went bankrupt suggest a substantial and continuing contribution. From theCambridge English Corpus On days when the king was not present he occupied the head of the earls' bench on the left of the chamber. From theCambridge English Corpus They have no earls, no barons, no noblemen, of whom their gentlemen should stand in awe. From theCambridge English Corpus They were, rather, the earls' kinsmen. From theCambridge English Corpus Earl(1995: 113) talks of an incompleteness in ' the list of rival possible states of the world that decision-makers have in mind'. From theCambridge English Corpus The 164 earls and countesses, coming down the scale, could be charged an annual licence fee of £600, which would bring in £98,400. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No other modern society confers titles with the pretentious nomenclature of duke, marquess,earl, viscount and baron. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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