Dreye權威釋義 | aristocracy

n.

（總稱）貴族[the S][G]
The highest-ranking members of the Spanish aristocracy are the grandees.
西班牙貴族中爵位最高的成員乃是大公。
特權階級；上層社會[the S][G]
貴族的統治；貴族統治的國家[U][C]
一批傑出代表，一批優秀人物[C][（+of）]
an aristocracy of scientists
科學界精英
精英統治[U]
貴族氣派[U]

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以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

(pl. aristocracies)

[treated as sing. or pl.] a class of society comprising people of noble birth with hereditary titles.

▸a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.

C15: from OFr. aristocratie, from Gk aristokratia, from aristos ‘best’ + -kratia ‘power’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

以上來源於：《英漢法律詞典》