| 单词 | smart set |
| 例句 | The precise year of this metamorphosis is unstated, but the action occurs sometime in the 1930s, when cars were still called “motors” and the smart set dressed for dinner. Jeeves and Wooster Are Back in a Fizzy New Homage to P.G. Wodehouse 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Will's portrayal of life among the London smart set at a time of change feels duller than it ought. Will Has a Famous Name, but It Lacks Light-Footed Grace 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Some years afterward, the brothers visited the stable to learn to play polo, which was all the rage then among the smart set. Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z There are perhaps enough smiles, as well as a smart set and quirky costumes, to at least admire the effort put into “Out of Iceland.” Theater Review: ?Out of Iceland,? by Drew Larimore, at Walkerspace 2012-04-10T22:05:06Z In the central role of Amir, Jesse Bhamrah is often quite good with the dry barbs that turn bitter during the play’s hilarious and then politically abrasive dinner scene among New York’s smart set. Review | Heaven sent: ‘Jesus Hopped the “A” Train’ at 1st Stage 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z They are directed by Alex Roe on his smart set at the Metropolitan Playhouse. Theater Review: ‘The Hero’ Reflects on War and Life in 1921 2014-03-10T22:18:41Z He sees things in terms of cults, cliques, inner circles, smart sets — a kind of outsider resentment. Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z The chapters of his work-in-progress “Answered Prayers” published in Esquire in 1975 and 1976, and now republished as a book, were a betrayal that left the smart set shaken if not stirred. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z But his niche in the niche-songwriting world of the cabaret smart set, when such a breed still existed, was lofty. Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Some, urged by audience warm-up comedian and emcee Mark Sweet, paid tribute to the series that turned the really smart set into unlikely crowd-pleasers. Hugs, tears mark taping of final ‘Big Bang Theory’ episode 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z While his intelligence and good looks allowed him entry into the smart set, it proved impossible to secure a place in the fashionable crowd in his poor circumstances. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Reveal a Complex Philosopher of Black Expression 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Disembark at the Gallery Café, the favorite haunt of Colombo’s smart set. 36 Hours in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2013-12-13T14:13:28Z As time went on, though, “Abie’s Irish Rose” lived long enough to generate what Schildcrout called “a begrudging respect” for the play among the smart set. The Smart Set Sneered, but the Play Won the Day 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z It always changes and it's always a very like smart set list. "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, the movie pivots on two varieties of tragedy, and both emerge from the misdeeds of the upper crust: the predatory desire of the powerful and the vanity of the smart set. Lois Weber’s Vital Films of the Early Silent Era 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z David Zinn contributes a smart set design, with a central, rounded brick apartment building whose walls part to reveal street scenes, hotel suites and showgirl-filled stages. Beanie Feldstein attempts to scale ‘Funny Girl.' She almost makes it. 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Neil is a former editor of Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times and chairman of the holding company that owns the weekly Spectator magazine, a bible for the Tory smart set, where Johnson was once editor. Boris Johnson breaks tradition by dodging interview with BBC’s top Rottweiler, Andrew Neil 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The smart set swooned, none more so than Richard Christiansen, the founder of the Chandelier creative agency in New York City. A Moroccan Retreat with a French Minimalist Spin 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The smart set in Brussels finds the Poles irritating, he tells me, because they want Poland to be “indistinguishable from other EU nations.” If America Is Divided, So Is Europe 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The smart set argued that getting economic growth to 3% was virtually impossible. It’s Trump’s Economy Now 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z And because of that, the 'smart set' hate him...and can't help reading and quoting him. Malcolm Gladwell Likes Things Better in Canada 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z What better alternative could there be to all those tedious novels about the Manhattan smart set? Tom Wolfe, chronicler of America 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z They were young, educated, and middle class, part of the progressive Tehrani smart set emerging from under the yoke of their country’s oppressive theocratic regime. Death in detention: ‘I'd give everything to have him back’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The smart set says, why are you surprised? Opinion | Steve Bannon is Trump’s conscience. Yikes. 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z House Republicans unified this year around a smart set of health-care reforms in their “Better Way” plan, and let’s hope they will avoid a friendly-fire massacre over the meaning of “repeal.” The Trump ObamaCare Panic 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “The smart set in Washington, D.C., mocked and dismissed the California governor in many ways,” Pence said. Mike Pence compares Trump's vision to Reagan's legacy at the late president's library 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Most of all, and this is where Trump has really struck the motherlode, we are sick and tired of the so-called smart set telling us we are wrong about just about everything. Understanding Trump 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z They quickly fell in with the smart set at the Café de Flore on the Left Bank. Designing Beyond Chloé: Inside Clare Waight Keller’s Parisian Home 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z She's the counterpoint to the "smart set" that thinks they set policy for the nation from New York, Washington, Boston and Los Angeles. Why Trump Resonates 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The smart set and their followers no longer found that their machines served as a social marker. When Gentrification Is Good 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The conventional wisdom among the GOP smart set about the senator from Kentucky has changed completely since the start of 2015. The GOP field: We made a top 10 list, but really, at this point, it’s just three 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps in an ode to the smart set who embrace such ideas, the farm will grow two million pounds of arugula and kale. Newark Subsidizes A Crackpot Idea: Vertical Farming 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Matuzak, 59, a former border guard during the communist years in Poland, was wearing a smart set of American camouflage fatigues. An American Military Convoy in Europe Aims to Reassure Allies 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The new quarterly magazine Adult is jampacked with stylishly naughty content aimed at the smart set. In a New Food Blog, Personal Stories Trump Recipes 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Conversations among the "smart set", the Sentinel explained, ran thus: "How gorgeously divine my dear! Now you must really give me the address of your tattooer." People always say the same thing about tattoos 2014-02-03T01:36:00Z And yet, caution is the watchword among the Republican smart set; twice bitten, thrice shy — or something like that. As GOP looks to pick up Senate seats, caution is the watchword 2013-01-27T17:40:40Z The political smart set warned that Obama was committing political suicide by focusing on health care instead of jobs and letting his reforms languish in Congress for months. Viewpoint: The Obama Lesson -- Deeds Beat Words 2012-11-07T15:20:25Z The "smart set" of Elsinore was composed of the twelve women that could afford to lose most at bridge. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z His book, which is a harsh satire on the vices of the smart set of Madrid, made an immediate sensation. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z There is no "smart set" to dictate and set the fashion for others less smart to follow. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Interesting episodes succeed each other and the frothy and clever dialogue of the fashionable butterflies of the New York smart set is wittily flippant and amusing. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z It is called the "smart set," you understand, and I will give you an idea of how "smart" it is. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z He was essentially a domestic creature, though Havana had a smart set the masculine members of which furnished ample material for gossip of a more or less scandalous nature. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z They were well-bred lads with inborn sedateness, never boorish nor loud-voiced; noblesse oblige still is a reality in spite of the dissipated, smart set in Madrid by which we too often generalize. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The smart set absent from Newport were to be found at the Pier. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z Which demonstration would greatly have astonished the smart set of Radnor to whom this side of their leader was unknown and unsuspected. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Perhaps this statement would not apply to the smart set in some commercial cities. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Not the so-called smart set, you understand; but the real ruling set—the leading soldiers, the leading diplomats. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z From their conversation it soon became evident that they were of plain origin and making a desperate effort to secure a place for themselves among the “smart set” in New York City. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z There was a full page of local society items, dry stuff about weddings, dinners, parties, the goings and comings of the smart set. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z The desire to acquire riches quickly seems to have taken hold of the erstwhile staid and conventional upper ten, just as it has seized upon the smart set. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z I wished to be of the party, but Garth brutally inquired if 'that sort of thing was done in the smart set'—mothers-in-law accompanying bridal pairs on their honeymoon? Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The smart set isn't smart; only fast and loose. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z This has led to his second problem: among much of the Republicans Party's smart set, Romney is not considered a satisfactory contender, in terms of talent, résumé or agenda, to take on Barack Obama. Taking on Obama in 2012: Tougher Than You Think 2010-04-05T08:50:00Z Yet nothing pleased him more than an invitation to one of the houses of the smart set; nothing vexed him more than to be thought old-fashioned or middle-class in his ideas. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men The book is filled with Mr. Benson's clever observations on the English smart set, and the love-story shows him at his best. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories "Money to keep a nice home and go about a bit among the smart set of the town—isn't that success?" she continued. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life Among the party was a well-known naval officer, captain of a first-class cruiser, two military officers, and several smart women, for both Sir Herbert and Lady Jocelyn moved in a very smart set. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England And wealthy proprietors, who cater to this class and the intermediate class which ape the "smart set," will cling to the custom because of their pecuniary interest therein. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America Do you, then, belong to the smart set?” The Bartlett Mystery It can hardly be denied that few persons in this country are better qualified to treat the "smart set" in various American cities, and the life in diplomatic circles offers an unusually picturesque opportunity. Checkers A Hard-luck Story Apparently she was the only one of the company who could claim with any show of reason, 88 to be an authority on the doings of the smart set. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted “They were born for the smart set, and they may as well fulfill their destinies.” The So-called Human Race "It's done all the time in the smart set." Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman He gave smart luncheon-parties at the Bachelors, dinners at the Savoy, and was the pet of certain countesses of the smart set. The Count's Chauffeur The “smart set” of New York is hurled into the limelight and mercilessly revealed. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings All the members of the smart set were present, and many appeared in costumes representing flowers, birds, and vegetables. Carmen Ariza Out in the glass belvedere, like superior goods on display, taking it easy while every one else worked, I saw a group of young matrons of the smart set, Ina Vandeman among them, drinking tea. The Million-Dollar Suitcase How did I acquire my wonderful knowledge of the exact number of pearls, rubies, diamonds, opals, tiaras, bracelets, necklaces, stomachers, and other gorgeous jewels now in the possession of the smart set? Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman "We are not what you call the smart set," he said. Love and Lucy "Yes, a girl from the smart set, who don't want any scandal over the matter," replied the man, referring again to the yellow slip in his hand. The Masked Bridal Meantime, the devouring wrath of Ames swept like a prairie fire over the dry, withering stalks of the smart set. Carmen Ariza She managed to make herself popular in the smart set and she needed money to carry out her social ambitions. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Being a wise man, he adhered to his original plan; and soon his luxurious rooms became the favorite rendezvous for the smart set of his day. All About Coffee The Hunt Club sends the smart set to the suburbs now and then, and tent-pegging and pig-sticking draw biggish audiences from the military class whenever contests are announced. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan But it is also true that the men whom he sought to know were the university smart set. Free Air She did not belong to the new smart set, which numbers nearer four thousand, and does so much to make society ridiculous. Madge Morton's Victory In the ultra smart set she of course had no raison d'être, but in the older society it was held meet that these things be. The Convert The French smart set clung to its light wines and beers. All About Coffee So, prompted by curiosity and a desire to make a good impression on the future custodian of their morals, the smart set attended in full force. Skinner's Dress Suit More recently a number of very fashionable New Yorkers have had married men take that position, and thus the innovation has sanction through the action of the "smart set." The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men The Hubbards were the smartest of the Glenboro smart set and their entertainments were always quite brilliant affairs for a small country village like ours. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 If the truly smart set of Saratoga was shocked that Booker should have been caught in this man's company and as his guest we are not surprised. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization "I was not aware that you were in with the smart set," said the Bibliomaniac. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Skinner knew every one of the smart set by sight. Skinner's Dress Suit Criticism was deterred from articulate expression by the common feeling in regard to her, assiduously fostered by Flora Burgess’ continuous references to 197her in Society Notes as the coming social ruler of Endbury’s smart set. The Squirrel-Cage "I've come to take you to the meetin'," said the beautifully dressed gentleman, clipping off his "g" in the manner approved by the smart set. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden These styles, even in the daintier variations of them, appeal only to the younger members of the "smart set." The Etiquette of To-day It confirmed in Jack's mind an impression which had begun to form, that the smart set, so-called, is not altogether lacking in, well,—smartness. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport But the smart set did n't know Skinner, for he was only a clerk, and no clerk ever had individuality enough to stamp himself on the memory of a plutocrat. Skinner's Dress Suit Back of 'em, fillin' every corner of the long room and spillin' out into the big hall, was the top crust of our local smart set, come to hear Farrar at close range. The House of Torchy "I don't get the hang of this smart set business," he complained. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Ernest fluttered in the smart set; he and I were familiar with it; Miss Grosvenor was not, therefore we were disillusioned and she was not. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn They were certainly a very smart set of fellows aboard the Frenchman; for no sooner had the topgallant-mast fallen than the hands were in her rigging on their way aloft to clear away the wreck. The Log of a Privateersman "You ought to know some woman in the smart set," advised a friend in the half-smart set who had received favours from Billie, and had not been able to give the right sort of return. A Soldier of the Legion They'll spend their time looking for some impecunious member of the smart set who might have done the job. R. Holmes & Co. "But Mrs. Rohscheimer is a recognised leader of the smart set." The Sins of Séverac Bablon It's a wonder that Mr Breslaw would care for Dawn's style when he moves in such a smart set. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn She made many friends among the wealthy girls of the smart set. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl In the smart set of New York, and in other places mutatis mutandis, this shows itself in an appallingly vulgar and ostentatious display of mere purchase power. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin I will rush down with the torrent and be "It" in the Ashcroft "smart set" illumination. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope You 'live the pace,' they tell me, and are the idol of the smart set. Adrien Leroy In 'The Idlers' Mr. Morley Roberts does for the smart set of London what Mrs. Wharton has done in 'The House of Mirth' for the American social class of the same name.... The Passenger from Calais Fair Phyllis is another's bride: Therefore I like to sit beside Her at a very smart set dinner, And whisper love, and try to win her. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke This is undoubtedly the true note of America in this particular, though it may not be unreservedly characteristic of the smart set of New York. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin And Harleston did not wonder—indeed, had it been otherwise, it would have argued a sudden paucity of appreciation on the part of the smart set there assembled. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Nobody would sell them an acre of ground near a car line and the dusky smart set was about to get its light put out. Andrew the Glad As a famous bird protector of England has just written me, "The women of the smart set are beyond the reach of appeal or protest." Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Members of the smart set at Rome try to impress their guests by the value and weight of their silver plate. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature A couple of nights after the original 400 landed on Plymouth Rock the leader of the smart set, Mrs. Von Tweedledum, gave a full dress ball. Get Next! For herself she is fain to soar into the empyrean of society, and to gaze with undazzled eyes into the sun of the smart set. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 It was very gay and Bee and Mrs. Jimmie had made some amiable friends among the very smartest of the Parisian smart set. Abroad with the Jimmies The difference in appearance between the women of the smart sets in America and those of less fashionable circles is due, in a great measure, to the beautifully dressed coiffures of the former. What Dress Makes of Us Even at this affair, which brought out the young smart set, the hunting squire set, the respectable intellectual set, and the solid financial set, they sat up with gaiety as with a corpse. Main Street The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness. Buttered Side Down: Stories One doesn't want them to report, you know, that such and such families of our smart set are falling behind for lack of means. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The social prominence of the Whitneys had precipitated them still further into the limelight; not often did the smart set have so choice a titbit to discuss, and gossip ran riot. I Spy It was, according to Lark's secret information, only the "smart and would-be smart set" who had combined to spring this mine upon the management. It Happened in Egypt But all of the smart set went to the lawn-festivals of the Episcopal Church, and were reprovingly polite to outsiders. Main Street Now, if you've never lived in a small town you will be much amused at the idea of its boasting a smart set. Buttered Side Down: Stories She took no part in the conversation, but listened, aglow with the pride of triumph, until old Ben chose to observe: "He seems to've taken a right smart set for Josie." The Fortune Hunter And thus the event created quite a little flutter in the smart set. Jennie Baxter, Journalist Be that as it may, his restaurant will fill a long-felt want, and will doubtless prove to be an important factor in the social gayeties of our smart set. Ruggles of Red Gap If we'd belonged even to the really smart set in town, it wouldn't have been half so funny. The Mischief Maker Ted's good looks and his clever tongue and a certain charming Irish way he had with him caused him to be taken up by the smart set. Buttered Side Down: Stories Mrs. Wolfstein was not in the most exclusive set in London, but she was in the smart set, which is no longer exclusive although it sometimes hopes it is. The Woman with the Fan She had figured as a leader in the fastest of the "smart set," as society journals called it. The Puritans She needn't be of the smart set; that isn't at all necessary; but she can't afford to be out of the fashion. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance Clive, arrayed in some of Mrs. Ramsay's garments, with a hat and veil and a fur, looked a thorough member of the smart set and acted the most modern of modern damsels. Monitress Merle Ain't it funny, though, those things happen in the slums and they happen in the smart set, but they don't happen near so often to just middling folks like you and me! Hidden Creek And another proof may be cited to show that Vauxhall was at the time in high favour with the smart set. Inns and Taverns of Old London She has a smart set of her own—and she is very pretty and evidently well provided for. The Head of the House of Coombe If the environment to which he is sensitive happens to be the smart set, he will imitate the character he conceives to be appropriate. Public Opinion And are you sure the girl you love— This maid on whom you have your heart set Is lowly—that she is not of The Roman smart set? Tobogganing on Parnassus Isn't it queer, though, Miss Arundel, that such things happen in the slums and they happen in the smart set, but they don't happen near so often with just plain folks like you and me! Hidden Creek As was the case with Pontack's in the city, Locket's was pre-eminently the resort of the "smart set." Inns and Taverns of Old London "I know a good many charming Western women who have married into the smart set," he said slowly. Her Weight in Gold In the great cities "the printed diary of the home town" tends to be the printed diary of a smart set. Public Opinion Big orchestra, eats from Delmonico's and a crowd of girls from the smart set to dance with us. Yollop "I know that some of the faster ones in the smart set go there once in a while for a little poker, bridge, and even to play the races," went on Warrington carefully. Guy Garrick From the underworld up to the smart set, the trail of graft was the same, debauching and blunting all that it touched. The Ear in the Wall I know a woman from Iowa who lives at the Ritz-Carlton and goes about some—although not in the real smart set—and she says it costs five or six thousand a month, just puttering. Her Weight in Gold Oh, he has a large following; in fact, some very well-known people in the smart set are going to him. The Treasure-Train "You don't realize it, perhaps," she continued rapidly, "but very often a little silver bottle of tablets is as much a necessary to some women of the smart set as cosmetics." The War Terror Masterson's early escapades were notorious even in the younger smart set in which he had moved, but his years abroad had mellowed the recollection of them. The Dream Doctor They belong to the half smart set, eager to conceal beneath a show of raffishness their plentiful lack of intellect and their fundamental bourgeois respectability. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The woman in question is branded through the 'smart set' as 'peculiar,' 'difficult,' 'impossible to deal with'— oh yes!—I know it all! God's Good Man The fashionable—what was called the "smart set"—of those days centred round the Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII, and had Newmarket for its head-quarters. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One "You didn't know before that Antoinette Moulton, like many of her friends in the smart set, was a gambler—and loser—did you?" The War Terror Every nation possessed its "smart set," its little group of men and women who were ripe for the lunatic asylum, and even the war and its iron tonic had failed to shock them into sanity. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Half the smart set of Paris and London are dropping in. The Titan Well, rather degrading stunts, if you mean in the smart set. Fennel and Rue He wished to acquire enough to retire and become one of the smart set. A House-Boat on the Styx If Convention is the god of the smart set, then it is about time that honest people chose another!’ The Man It was such a letter as comes by the thousand to the police in the course of a year; though seldom from ladies of the smart set. The Silent Bullet The smart set had come to their own. The Education of Henry Adams It is in this house that some eight or nine members of the smart set were imprisoned during the course of a dinner party, when the Japanese butler developed smallpox. When a Man Marries See which of the smart set is getting a divorce—or is it always the same one? The Street of Seven Stars |
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