上流 1.(上游) upper reaches (of a river)2.(旧指社会地位高的) belonging to the upper circles; upper-class 上流人士 persons of quality; 上流社会 high society; polite society; 上流世家出身的人 a man of good family; 她活动于纽约上流社会之中。 she is moving in fashionable circles in new york
在上 aloft; come before; in front of; overhead; supra; up
Or perhaps the books were right , and there were many such as she in the upper walks of life 说不定书本是对的,在上流社会真有许多像她这样的人。
But influence in the world is a capital , which must be carefully guarded if it is not to disappear 但是,在上流社会上势力是一笔资本,要珍惜资本,不让它白白消耗掉。
The most unworldly of men would take a brilliant place in society as her husband . thats true , isnt it 一个非交际场中的丈夫有了她无形中就会在上流社会占有至为显赫的地位。
He was simply a man of the world , who had been successful in the world , and had formed a habit of being so 他不过是个上流社会人士,在上流社会中颇有造诣,并且习惯于借取这样的成就。
Prince andrey was always particularly keen over guiding a young man and helping him to attain worldly success 当安德烈公爵有机会指导年轻人并且帮助他们在上流社会取得成就的时候,他就显得特别高兴了。
Like all men who have grown up in society , prince andrey liked meeting anything not of the conventional society stamp 安德烈公爵像所有在上流社会成长的人那样,喜欢在上流社会中碰见那种未被打上上流社会共同烙印的东西。
In society he was continually watching for an opportunity of saying something striking , and did not enter into conversation except under such circumstances 在上流社会,他经常等候机会去说句什么动听的话,而且只是在这种环境中他才与人攀谈。
If ever he thought of ellen , it was either of her beauty that he thought , or of her extraordinary capacity for serene , dignified silence in society 如果他曾经想到海伦,那他所想到的正是她的姿色她在上流社会中那种十分宁静保持缄默自尊的本领。
His intentions are purely practical - he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pretend to be his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society 他的意图绝对实际? ?他只是想找一个知书达理、美丽大方的人在几个星期的时间里在上流社会中假扮他的未婚妻。
In the philippines , to salvage someone means to execute that person . and the word , evacuate , is not uttered in polite society . it means to move one ' s bowels 在菲律宾, “ ”一个人并不是抢救那个人,而是将他处决,而“ ” (即疏散)一字在上流社会中是不便启齿的,因为它有如厕之义。