toffs

toffs

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N-COUNT 上等人;有钱人
If you refer to someone as a toff, you are saying in an unkind way that they come from the upper classes or are very rich.

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Time was when only toffs could trace their ancestry , the rest of us being too insignificant to have written records .

曾几何时，只有富人才可以追溯世系，其他人无足轻重，没有任何书面记录。
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The classic case is 19th-century Britain : toffs avoided revolution and clung on to power by gradually letting more ordinary people vote .

一个经典案例是19世纪的英国：通过逐渐让更多普通人获得投票权，上层阶级避免了革命，握紧了权力。
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While the a la carte versions beef , mutton and pork come from the French-speaking toffs , beginning a long-running trend of restaurants having completely indecipherable menus .

而菜单上的版本牛肉，羊肉和猪肉则源自说法语的有钱人，餐馆制定让人完全读不懂的菜单的持续趋势，就是从那时开始的。