古羅馬的那個階級
這一組就是核心畫面本身，字面意思都還在原地：名詞指那群人，形容詞指屬於那群人的東西。
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Belonging to the ruling class of ancient Rome — the old families who held the top public and religious offices and sat in the Senate.
古羅馬貴族的
核心畫面
Picture the few old families at the top of early Rome — the fathers, the ones with a seat in the Senate and first claim on every office. Everything the word does today is measured from that small group: being one of them, belonging to them, looking as if you might, and governing in their manner even now.
可以想成早期羅馬最上面那幾個老家族——那些「父輩」，元老院裡有位子、官職先輪到他們。這個字今天的每一種用法，量尺都還…更多收起
可以想成早期羅馬最上面那幾個老家族——那些「父輩」，元老院裡有位子、官職先輪到他們。這個字今天的每一種用法，量尺都還是那一小群人：是他們其中一個、屬於那個階層、看起來像出自那裡，或者到了現代仍然用他們那種姿態在治理。From the word’s history
Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patres conscripti, the Roman senators; the patr- element is father.
經由中古法文 patricien 借自拉丁文 patricius，而 patricius 連到 patrēs cōnscrīptī，也就是羅馬的元老。patr- 這一塊是「父親」，所以「元老＝父輩」這個畫面一開始就寫在字裡。
packet Wiktionary etymology_text for patrician (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:655458467:10870)
Three branches
出身高門，以及那份派頭
羅馬那條線被抽掉之後，剩下的就是「上層家族」這個概念，再往外一步就是「看起來像上層家族」。
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Looking or sounding like someone from the highest class in society — in the way a person speaks, stands, dresses, or deals with other people. It can also describe a place or a taste that has the same quality.
貴族氣派的
由上而下的政治姿態
這一支把「父輩」那個角色留了下來：替下面的人打算，但自己的位置沒有下來。所以它談的不再是樣子，而是做法。
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Working to help people with less money or power, but from above and on your own terms, in a way that can sound like looking down on them. It describes a kind of politics, or a person's political style.
上對下關懷的（政治）