来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第2集 第2集》

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  who the sort of upper-crust people in society were.
  社会中的上流阶层
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  Some families held obvious power
  一些家族曾有显耀的权利
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  but again not in the unquestionable way that
  但他们不再像在英国时那样
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  the aristocracy remained in control in England.
  有着不可动摇的地位
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  A lot of these people that I just mentioned
  我刚才提到的这些人
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  had worked their way into positions of prominence,
  很多都是靠自己努力才出人头地
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  so ultimately the line dividing sort of upper-crusty people from
  所以基本上 区分上流人士和
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  less upper-crusty people was less sort of absolute.
  中上阶级的界限不是绝对的
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  It was less distinct than it would have been in a country or
  和有完善贵族等级制度的国家相比
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  in a place where there was a really established aristocracy.
  区分并不是很明显
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  So basically even though you could tell who the elite are and
  基本上 即使你可以区分社会名流
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  you could tell who the masses are,
  和普通大众