nobility

名词 nobility:

1. a privileged class holding hereditary titles
   同义词：aristocracy
2. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
   同义词：nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
3. the state of being of noble birth
   同义词：noblesse

1. The English gentry is next below the nobility.
   英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。
2. The nobility usually resist social changes.
   贵族通常反对社会变革。
3. He is remembered for the nobility of his character.
   他因品质高尚而被人怀念。

no.bil.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 no.bil.i.ties
A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses:
贵族阶级：由高贵的出身或等级区分的一个阶级的人，在英国包括公爵和公爵夫人、侯爵和候爵夫人、伯爵和伯爵夫人、子爵和子爵夫人、男爵和田爵夫人：
例句：
.The old English nobility of office made way for the Norman nobility of faith and landed wealth.(Winston S. Churchill)
.执政的旧英国贵族让位给忠实而且富有的诺尔曼贵族.(温斯顿S.丘吉尔)

Noble rank or status:
高贵：高贵的地位或身份：
例句：
Congress may not grant titles of nobility.
国会可以不授于贵族的头衔

The state or quality of being exalted in character.
崇高：品格崇高的状态或性质

来源：
Middle English nobilite [the quality of being noble]
中古英语 nobilite [高贵的性质]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin nôbilit3s
源自 拉丁语 nôbilit3s
from nôbilis [noble] * see noble
源自 nôbilis [高贵的] *参见 noble