上等人一名词出现于无线电视经典长篇剧集《真情》梁舜燕饰演的有钱人梁尚燕,剧中角色知书识礼,见识广博,行为举止优雅,谈吐温文,但可惜自视过高,看不起低下层的人,经常表现自己的学识,修正别人的行为及言行。由于梁舜燕饰演“上等人”入型入格,十分受欢迎,故她於戏外亦被称呼为“上等人”。自此,“上等人”一词成为香港用语,形容行为如梁尚燕的有钱人(尤指有钱太太),一般带有贬意或褒中带贬。
主人和主妇对他们的仆人讨论你,上等人也会对下等人说。
Master and mistress say thou to their servants, the superior to the inferior.
对于其余的人来说,那人穿得很讲究——他一定是个上等人。
As to the rest, the man was very finely dressed--he must be a gentleman.
尝试结交积极向上等人。
They are very aggressive to be type-A people who just simply made two extra hours out of their 24-hour day.
他们渴望成为上等人,甚至希望每天,能多过两个小时。
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