squirearchy

单词squirearchy

基本解释

n.: 乡绅阶层
网络: 地主阶级；乡绅阶级

权威解释

• （英格兰旧时的）地主阶层，乡绅阶层:

  (in the past in England) the people of high social status who owned large areas of land, considered as a social or political group

英汉解释

• 地主阶级

• 〔英国〕地主政治;地主势力;〔集合词〕地主阶层

例句

• FDR appointed a fellow member of the Hudson River squirearchy, Henry J. Morgenthau, as his Treasury secretary.

  罗斯福任命同为哈德逊河乡绅出身的亨利-摩根索（HenryJ.Morgenthau）担任财政部长。

• FDR appointed a fellow member of the Hudson River squirearchy, Henry J.

  罗斯福任命同为哈德逊河乡绅出身的亨利•摩根索（HenryJ。

• In the 18th century drinking claret helped the rich to distinguish themselves from England"s port-sodden squirearchy.

  18世纪，喝波尔多红酒使有钱人得以将自己和英国那些终日饱饮波特酒的乡绅阶层区别开来。