upper class

noun

1. 上流社会；上等阶层
   the groups of people that are considered to have the highest social status and that have more money and/or power than other people in society
   1. a member of the upper class/upper classes
      上流社会人士

1. N-COUNT-COLL 上层阶级；上等阶层；上流社会
   The upper class or the upper classes are the group of people in a society who own the most property and have the highest social status, and who may not need to work for money.
   1. ...goods specifically designed to appeal to the tastes of the upper class...
      专门为迎合上流社会品位而设计的商品
   2. Many of the British upper classes are no longer very rich.
      英国的上流社会许多人已不再富得流油。
   3. Upper class is also an adjective.
      
   4. All of them came from wealthy, upper class families.
      他们全部来自富有的上流社会家庭。
   5. ...different styles of upper-class speech.
      上流社会不同的讲话风格

1. The writer builds up a clever contextual picture of upper class life.
   作者巧妙地构筑了一幅上流社会生活的背景图画。
2. Many of the British upper classes are no longer very rich.
   英国的上流社会许多人已不再富得流油。
3. He had envisioned it as a key element in the success of his new restaurant, his entitlement as a member of the upper class and the envy of every chef in town.
   他曾想像它是他新开张的餐馆获得成功的重要因素，是他成为上层社会的一员并获得相应权利的重要原因，同时也是他成为镇上所有厨师忌妒对象的罪魁祸首。
4. My understanding was you had to be upper class, academically bright and a white male.
   我曾认为要成为间谍，你必须是出身上流社会，学业优异的白人男子。
5. The American upper class like to decorate their houses with oriental handmade rugs;
   美国的上流社会喜欢用东方的手织地毯装饰家居。
6. Alcohol also seems to have been mainly forthe upper class.
   酒精也似乎是主要为上层阶级服务的。
7. Freud's& Freud was very focused on the family life of the people he interacted with, which is rather upper class Europeans, and these sort of questions would have been difficult for Freud to answer.
   弗洛伊德的-弗洛伊德非常专注于他卷入的人们的家庭生活，这当然是上层的欧洲人的，而这类的问题对弗洛伊德来时要回答是有困难的。
8. Many of them say they want to be a sort of upper class, rather than only being rich.
   很多富人说，他们希望成为上流社会的一份子，而不只是有钱而已。
9. This part of town is where the upper class live.
   镇上这个地区是上层阶级的人住的。
10. In order to understand the system, it is first necessary to understand the structure of that upper class.
    所以，为了了解围的礼乐制度，有必要先了解其社会上层的结构。
11. Who exactly is "upper class" in England or is it just a mental construct?
    那么在英国，谁又是“上流阶层”？抑或只是一时臆想？
12. I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night.
    第一天晚上我去参加了上流社会的一个无聊的晚餐会。
13. Clients usually fall into to the upper class category but try to keep their intentions about emigration quiet.
    客户通常都是上流社会的人，但是他们都不张扬他们的移民打算。
14. Since going away to university he's affected a ridiculous upper class accent.
    自从去上大学以后，他便装出一种可笑的上流社会的腔调。
15. She is quickly moving out of the middle to the upper class.
    她很快由中产阶级进入到上流社会。
16. In the19th century, cricket was a sport played mainly by the upper class.
    在19世纪，板球运动主要是上流阶级的运动。
17. Adeline's father, stepmother and their two children were the upper class, whereas Adeline and the four other step-children by the first wife were considered second class.
    严君玲的父亲，继母和他们的两个孩子是头等，而由第一个妻子所生的严君玲和其他四个孩子被认为二等。
18. After the Norman conquest, upper class people spoke French while common people spoke english.
    诺曼征服后，上层阶级说法语，而普通百姓则说英语。
19. Volkswagen has consistently expanded the availability of this filter technology from the upper class to the small car.
    大众油罐车已经扩大了可用性的持续过滤技术从上层阶级的小型汽车。
20. She belongs to the rich American upper class and spends her time having lunch with friends and doing charity work.
    她属于美国富裕的上层阶级，把时间花在和朋友共进午餐和做慈善工作上面。
21. In the course of reconstruction, node's attribute content construction in upper class was completed by its entity reconstruction function in lower class.
    在重构过程中，上一层实体的节点的属性内容重构调用下一层所对应实体的重构函数；
22. For the next few hundred years the upper class spoke French while the common people spoke English.
    在接下来的几百年时间里，英国的上层阶级说法语，而平民百姓仍然说英语。
23. It is precisely that the vulgarization and the downward movement of the upper class's mysticism was the reason of this situation.
    正是由于玄学从上层社会的向下移动和庸俗化，才导致了这样的局面。
24. Well at least it means they're probably not members of the upper class or high status members.
    至少说明了这些人或许不是，社会的上层人员。
25. Men of the upper class are usually sterile and dehumanized.
    上层阶级的男人通常是萎靡不振，缺乏人性本能力量的。
26. The Law of One remained a nurturing, matriarchal spiritual culture, while the Aryan grew into a powerful military corporate society, dominated by the upper class.
    “一的法则”仍是一个培育、母系灵性的文化，而雅利安人却发展为一个被上级所控制的强大的军事企业社会。
27. Hypocrisy and Utilitarianism of the Upper Class in Emma
    从《爱玛》看上流社会的虚伪和功利主义
28. The upper class comprised two interrelated groups, the traditional landed elite and the new rich.
    上层社会包括两类利益相关的人群，一种是传统意义上的地主，一种是财富新贵。
29. Fairhope is swifty becoming a retirement town for middle and upper class.
    并且正逐步的成为中高阶层的养老镇了。

noun

1. the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

   Synonym:    upper crust