Born into a rich or important family — usually an old family with a title, land, or a famous name.

Born into出生在 a rich or important family富有或顯赫的家庭——usually通常是 with a title有頭銜、land土地，or a famous name或響亮姓氏 an old family的老家族。

This is not a word for everyday modern English. It belongs to novels, history books, and older writing, and it comes from a world where the family you were born into decided your whole life.

This這 is not不是 for everyday modern English現代日常英語用 a word的字。 It它 belongs to屬於 novels小說、history books歷史書 and older writing和較老的文字，and it而它 comes from來自 the family you were born into你出生的家庭 decided決定 your whole life你一輩子 a world where的那種世界。

When you do meet it today, it is often said with a raised eyebrow: calling someone well-born now can suggest they got their advantages for free rather than earning them. So it can be a compliment in a Jane Austen novel and a quiet criticism in a newspaper column, and only the surrounding sentence tells you which.

When you do meet it today今天當你真的遇到它時，it它 often常常 is said with a raised eyebrow是挑著眉說的：now現在 calling someone well-born說某人 well-born，can suggest可能在暗示 they他們 their advantages的好處 got是 for free白拿的，rather than earning them而不是自己掙來的。 So所以 in a Jane Austen novel在珍・奧斯汀的小說裡 it它 can be可以是 a compliment讚美，in a newspaper column在報紙專欄裡 and又是 a quiet criticism安靜的批評，and only而只有 the surrounding sentence前後文的句子 tells you which告訴你是哪一種。

In ordinary speech people say 'from a wealthy family', 'from a good family', or 'privileged' instead.

In ordinary speech在平常說話時，people人們 instead會改說 'from a wealthy family'出身有錢人家、'from a good family'出身好人家，or 'privileged'或條件優渥的。

Note that 'well-born' is about birth alone — it says nothing about how much money the person has now, or whether they are kind, clever, or well-mannered. A well-born family can be poor; that gap between name and money is a whole genre of English fiction.

Note that注意 'well-born' is about birth alone只講出身——it它 about how much money the person has now對這個人現在有多少錢，or whether they are kind, clever, or well-mannered或他們是否善良、聰明、有教養，says nothing一個字也沒說。 A well-born family名門世家 can be poor可以很窮；between name and money名聲與金錢之間 that gap的那道落差，is是 a whole genre of English fiction英文小說的一整個類型。