mid-14c., "quality of being excellent or rare," from Old French nobilite "high rank; dignity, grace; great deed" (12c., Modern French nobilité), and directly from Latin nobilitatem (nominative nobilitas) "celebrity, fame; high birth; excellence, superiority; the nobles," from nobilis "well-known, prominent" (see noble (adj.)). Meaning "quality of being of noble rank or birth" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "noble class collectively" is from 1520s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.
盡管沒(méi)有正式的權(quán)力，貴族階層并非沒(méi)有權(quán)勢(shì)。
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2. Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry.
他們大多是貴族和地主鄉(xiāng)紳。
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3. In Norman England, the greyhound was a symbol of nobility.
靈犭是在諾曼時(shí)期的英格蘭是高貴的象征。
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4. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility.
她宛如善良和高貴的化身。
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5. The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility.