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aristocratic adjective aristocratic ♦︎ noble ♦︎ posh ♦︎ upper classThese words all describe people or things which belong to or are typical of a high social class. 这些词均表示贵族的、上流社会的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an aristocratic / a noble / an upper-class family◆an aristocratic / a noble name / landowner◆aristocratic / noble origins / blood / connections◆an aristocratic / upper-class background◆aristocratic / upper-class society / culture◆an aristocratic / a posh / an upper-class voice◆a posh / an upper-class person / accent■ aristocratic /ˌærɪstəˈkrætɪk; NAmE əˌrɪstəˈkrætɪk/ belonging to or typical of the aristocracy (= people born in the highest social class who have special titles) 贵族的◆The memoir provided a revealing glimpse of aristocratic society.那本回忆录让人们窥见贵族社会真实的一面。◆They were impressed by his accent and aristocratic manner.他的口音和高贵的举止给他们留下深刻的印象。 see also the aristocracy ⇨ elite , aristocrat ⇨ lord ■ noble [usually before noun] (rather formal) belonging to the nobility (= people born in the highest social class who have special titles) 贵族的；高贵的◆He was a young man of noble birth.他是个出身高贵的年轻人。 see also the nobility ⇨ elite , noble , nobleman ⇨ lord NOTE 辨析 Aristocratic or noble?In this meaning noble is only used to talk about the family that sb was born into. Aristocratic can also be used to talk about families but more often it is used in a wider sense to talk about the society, culture, manners and appearance of people from such families; you can talk about aristocratic society/culture or sb's aristocratic manner/voice/face/nose but not ◆noble society/culture or sb's ◆noble manner/voice/face/nose 表达此义时，noble仅用来指家庭出身。aristocratic也可以指家庭出身，但是其意义更宽泛，常用来指贵族出身的人的社会圈子、文化、举止和外表；常用搭配有aristocratic society/culture（贵族社会／文化）和aristocratic manner/voice/face/nose（高贵的举止／嗓音／脸／鼻子）。不说noble society/culture，也不说noble manner/voice/face/nose。■ posh (BrE, rather informal, sometimes disapproving) typical of or used by people who belong to a high social class 上流社会的；上等人的◆Her parents are very posh.她的父母很高贵。◆They pay for their children to go to a posh school.他们花钱让子女上贵族学校。OPP common ⇨ working class ▸ posh adverb ◆She was trying to talk posh.她努力使自己谈吐高雅。■ ˌupper ˈclass belonging to or typical of a high social class 上流社会的；上等阶层的◆Her family is very upper class.她家世显赫。◆He was irritated by Blanche's upper-class accent.他被布兰奇的上流社会腔调激怒了。 see also middle class ⇨ middle class adj. , working class ⇨ working class , the upper class ⇨ elite |