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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

nobility [nəu'bɪlɪtɪ]
  1. 1. noun [u] (quality) 高尚
  2. 2. noun the nobility 贵族

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

nobility [no'bɪlətɪ] [nəu'bɪlɪtɪ]
  1. 1. noun 高贵崇高
  2. 2. noun 高位贵族
  3. 3. noun 贵族阶层(与the连用

Collins English-English Dictionary

nobility [nəυ'bɪlɪtɪ]
  1. 1. n a socially or politically privileged class whose titles are conferred by descent or by royal decree
  2. 2. n the state or quality of being morally or spiritually good; dignity
    the nobility of his mind
  3. 3. n (in the British Isles) the class of people holding the title of dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, or barons and their feminine equivalents collectively; peerage

Examples

untitled nobility
无爵位的贵族
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, formal wives, and other close relatives of a peer.
敬语是贵族系统中贵族的子女、妻子和其他亲属使用的称呼。
She was critical of the nobility and showed great sympathy for the lower classes.
她批判贵族,站在低层阶级一方。
His family on both sides descended from nobility.
他父母两边的家族都是贵族的后裔。
He belongs to the classes of nobility.
他属于上层社会。
affectation of nobility
赐爵
confer a title of nobility
封爵
confer a title (of nobility) upon

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