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the upper class [verb]
作为集合名词，通常视为单数。
The upper class traditionally sends its children to private schools.
上层社会传统上把子女送到私立学校。
上层阶级；贵族阶层
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上层阶级；贵族阶层
the class of people at the top of the social hierarchy, especially the aristocracy
The upper class traditionally sends its children to private schools.
上层社会传统上把子女送到私立学校。
社会等级最高层的阶级。
A class of people at the top of a social hierarchy.
贵族阶级。
The aristocracy.
Members of the upper class often send their children to private schools.
上层阶级的成员通常把孩子送到私立学校。
Her family belonged to the upper class because of their wealth and title.
她的家庭因财富和头衔而属于上层阶级。
Some historians study how the upper classes influenced politics in the twentieth century.
一些历史学家研究上层阶级在二十世纪如何影响政治。
作为集合名词，通常视为单数。
The upper class traditionally sends its children to private schools.
上层社会传统上把子女送到私立学校。
表示社会阶层归属的常见搭配。
She was born into a family that belongs to the upper class.
她出生在一个属于上层社会的家庭。
名词作定语修饰另一个名词。
Upper class values often emphasize tradition and etiquette.
上层社会的价值观通常强调传统和礼仪。
Not this
She belongs to upper class.
Use this
She belongs to the upper class.
英语中，'upper class' 作为名词短语表示'上层社会'时，通常需要加定冠词 'the'。缺少 'the' 是不符合习惯的。
Not this
They are upper class people.
Use this
They are upper-class people.
当 'upper class' 用作形容词修饰名词时，应加连字符变为 'upper-class'，否则会被误认为是名词短语。
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