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

• 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。
• 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。
• Of course, girls might give each other a squeeze as a friendly gesture, and in some high society circles, a little peck on the cheek is a common courtesy.
  当然，女性们可能会在见面时彼此紧抱一下以示友好；而且在某些上流社交圈里，轻吻对方的面颊是很普遍的礼节。
• 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。
• Death in High Society by Inez Holden.
  死在上流社会的两大霍尔登。
• Their daughter married into high society.
  他们的女儿嫁到了上层人家。
• It opens with the splendors of a palatial bedroom and its boudoir meant for a fashionable lady of high society.
  开放的辉煌宫殿的卧室和其闺房意味着一个时髦的小姐高的社会。
• He has penetrated into high society.
  他已经踏进上层社会。
• 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。