high society

英 [haɪ səˈsaɪəti]

美 [haɪ səˈsaɪəti]

n.  上层社会; 上流社会

柯林斯词典

• 上层社会;上流社会
  You can usehigh societyto refer to people who come from rich and important families.

英英释义

noun

• the fashionable elite
  Synonym:societybeau mondesmart setbon ton

双语例句

• Historians associate the rise of conversation at this time with the prestige enjoyed by women in French high society, which was perhaps unique in Europe before or since.
  历史学家将这一时期谈吐的兴起与妇女在法国上层社会所享有的特权关联起来，这一点相较于之前或自那时起的欧洲，也许都是独一无二的。
• She was dressed up as a lady of high society.
  她把自己打扮成一位贵妇人。
• Under his initiative and influences, custom of worshiping for elegance in the then high society was prevailing.
  在他的倡导和影响下，当时上流社会崇尚风雅的习俗十分盛行。
• If nowadays rich Russians prefer red-brick houses of strange design, many years ago some other fashion was ruling the minds of Russian high society.
  如果现在俄国富人喜欢奇特图案的房屋红砖，许多年前了其他一些时尚的想法不离开俄罗斯高等的社会。
• Their daughter married into high society.
  他们的女儿嫁到了上层人家。
• He thought that money was a passport to high society.
  他以为金钱是通往上流社会的手段。
• The weather may be damp and fickle, but this West Coast city has far more than its fair share of good food, good shopping, culture and high society.
  这里的气候也许稍显潮湿和多变，但是这座西海岸的城市拥有比看上去更好的饮食、购物、文化和政治氛围。
• The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
  这些画出自一个人人向往上流社会的时代。
• She charmed her way into European high society and family connections got her invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
  杰奎琳用自己的方式获得了欧洲上流社会的亲睐，并得以应邀参加白金汉宫（英国皇宫）的游园会。
• All the elegance, all the refinement of high society was gathered there.
  上流社会的所有高雅和精致都被集中在那儿。