单词patrician
n.: (古罗马的)贵族；(一般的)贵族；罗马帝国的地方官
adj.: 贵族的；上流社会的
网络: 有教养的人；贵族家庭；贵族和长老等
贵族的；上流社会的:
connected with or typical of the highest social class
(古罗马帝国的)贵族的;(相貌等)贵族似的
罗马帝国的地方官;中世纪意大利的显贵
有教养的人
(古罗马的)贵族; (一般的)贵族
复数：patricians
adj.aristocraticrefinedupper-classnobleblue-bloodedn.aristocratsquirepeer
Like her older brother, Peter, she had gray eyes and a slender, patrician elegance.
像哥哥彼得一样，她也有着灰色的眼睛，身材苗条，举止优雅。
Their boldness in facing the unknown was part of Amelia"s heritage, but so was a patrician confidence of her place in the world.
他们在面对未知的勇气，是阿米莉亚继承下来的特征之一，还有一个特征是，她在世界上占有一席之地的贵族信心。
Despite his patrician upbringing, proud family traditions, and hard work, Melville found himself in poverty with no college education.
麦尔维尔家世显赫，有傲人的家族传统，且本人勤勉上进，然而仍一贫如洗，没有受过大学教育。
If his manner was relaxed, his questioning courteous and his bearing almost patrician, he was no dilettante.
如果他的举止淡定从容、质询彬彬有礼、风度高贵典雅的话，他并非是在粗浅涉猎。
Though he had patrician self-confidence, there was no snobbery in Roosevelt.
虽然罗斯福有着贵族般的自信不疑，然而他却没有丝毫的纨绔习气。
His patrician version of social Gaullism, with an emphasis on fiscal prudence, seems less threatening than Mr Sarkozy"s eclectic politics.
他倡导的戴高乐主义尊贵版本，注重谨慎利用财政开支，似乎比萨科奇的折衷主义政策风险更低。
He was born into a patrician family that had produced several consuls.
生于贵族家庭，他的家族曾产生过几名罗马执政官。
An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
保民官古代罗马平民选举产生的保护他们的权利免受贵族地方行政官专横行为侵害的官员
But who, as a patrician British prime minister, Harold Macmillan, once loftily asked, are these middle classes?
高贵的英国前首相哈罗德麦克米伦曾经傲慢的问道，这些中产阶级到底是什么人？
Here in this patrician world the Age of Chivalry took its lsst bow?
这是贵族的世界，折射出骑士时代的最后光彩。