well-born
well-born — 形容詞
1. having parents from a rich or titled family, which gives you a high position in
出身名門
出生於富裕或有貴族地位的家庭
having parents from a rich or titled family, which gives you a high position in society from the moment you are born
The well-born heiress Emilia donated half her fortune to build schools in rural Vietnam.
出身名門的女繼承人 Emilia 捐出一半財產，在越南鄉間興建學校。
well-born + noun (heiress) — social class context
Despite his well-born background, Kwame worked as a nurse in a village clinic.
儘管 Kwame 出身名門，他仍選擇在小村莊的診所擔任護理師。
well-born + background — common collocation
In the novel, the well-born heroine rejects three wealthy suitors to marry a poor artist.
小說中，這位出身名門的女主角拒絕了三位富有的追求者，嫁給了一位貧窮的藝術家。
The charity gala brought together well-born families from the oldest city districts.
這場慈善晚宴聚集了許多出身名門的家庭，他們來自城裡最古老的街區。
Born into a well-born family, Mei-Ling felt pressure to marry someone of similar social standing.
Mei-Ling 出身名門，因此感受到嫁給社會地位相近之人的巨大壓力。
- aristocratic
more formal; specifically about the titled nobility rather than just wealth
- blue-blooded
more informal and slightly dramatic; used of old, noble families
- upper-class
broader; includes wealthy non-noble families, less old-fashioned
文法句型
well-born + noun (family, parents, gentleman, lady)
用法筆記
This word is old-fashioned in modern conversation. It appears more often in historical novels, biographies, or formal descriptions of social class than in everyday speech.