toff

[美國]/tɒf/
[英國]/tɑf/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 有錢人,名人,愛打扮的人,花花公子
詞形
第三人稱單數toffs
複數toffs

例句

he was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth.

穿着軍官的絨面呢裝,他整個人顯得很精神。

He is a wealthy toff who lives in a mansion.

他是一個住在豪宅裏的富有的紳士。

The toffs at the party were dressed in designer suits.

聚會上的紳士們穿着設計師西裝。

She found the toff's snobbish attitude off-putting.

她覺得那個紳士的勢利態度令人反感。

The toff ordered an expensive bottle of wine at the restaurant.

那個紳士在餐廳點了一瓶昂貴的葡萄酒。

The toffs often gather at exclusive social events.

紳士們經常聚集在獨家社交活動中。

She was surprised to find out that he was actually a toff.

她驚訝地發現他其實是一個紳士。

The toff's posh accent gave away his upper-class upbringing.

紳士的優雅口音暴露了他的上流階層的成長背景。

The toff's expensive taste in art was evident from his collection.

紳士對藝術的高昂品味從他的收藏中顯而易見。

The toff's refined manners impressed everyone at the party.

紳士的精緻禮儀給聚會上的每個人留下了深刻印象。

Despite his toff upbringing, he was humble and down-to-earth.

儘管他是在紳士家庭長大的,但他卻謙遜和腳踏實地。

原聲例句

No, all sorts of toffs are writing for magazines nowadays.

現在給雜誌寫文章的有錢人很多呢。

來源: Downton Abbey Season 3

Long gone are the days when the BBC Evening News was presented exclusively by white, male, Oxbridge-educated toff.

英國廣播公司晚間新聞完全由受過牛津劍橋教育的白人男性播報的日子已經一去不復返了。

來源: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

And for the record, the last thing I am is a toff.

鄭重聲明 我絕不是什麼公子哥兒。

來源: Efficient Listening Practice Plan

No, you see, you must never think that education is only for special people, you know, for clever people, for toffs.

你們絕不要覺得只有特別的人才有權受教育,比如聰明的人或者有錢人。

來源: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

What? How could you let some toff just punt off with her?

什麼 你怎麼能讓那種假紳士把她勾走?

來源: Gossip Girl Season 4

How come a toff like you, talks French and everything, ends up a private?

你這麼個公子哥兒 說着法語之類之類的 怎麼會只是個小兵呢?

來源: Efficient Listening Practice Plan

To begin with, he is an unabashed toff; not just any toff, in fact, but a grandson of Winston Churchill.

首先,他有膽識;事實上出身不凡,他是溫斯頓-丘吉爾的外孫。

來源: The Economist - Comprehensive

Like his famous grandfather (to whom he bears some resemblance) he is an extroverted, mucking-in, buccaneering sort of toff, rather than the condescending and insipid kind.

像他那有名的外公(他們外貌有一些相像),他是一個性格外向、善於合作、有些冒險精神的人,而不是自大和乏味的人。

來源: The Economist - Comprehensive

If you think of the 2015 election, there was an awful lot from Ed Miliband about David Cameron the toff, David Cameron from his privileged background.

如果你想到 2015 年的選舉, 埃德·米利班德 (Ed Miliband) 有很多關於戴維·卡梅倫 (David Cameron) 的言論,大衛·卡梅倫 (David Cameron) 來自他的特權背景。

來源: Financial Times Podcast

The hero is Jan de Lichte, a Flemish Robin Hood played by a soft-spoken Matteo Simon, who wages war on the toffs out of sympathy for their victims.

故事的主人公是揚·德·利希特,他是由說話溫和的馬特奧·西蒙飾演的佛蘭德斯羅賓漢。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

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