early 13c., "noble birth or condition," from Old French noblece "noble birth, splendor, magnificence" (Modern French noblesse), from Vulgar Latin *nobilitia, from Latin nobilis (see noble (adj.)). French phrase noblesse oblige "privilege entails responsibility" is attested in English first in 1837.
双语例句
1. La Noblesse restaurant has much to recommend it.
“贵族”餐馆有很多值得称道之处。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.
他们这样做并未打算进一步获利，而是出于一种义不容辞的贵族责任感。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Noblesse has become the region's leading lifestyle class for high society.
