having or showing fine personal qualities that people admire, such as courage, honesty and care for others 崇高的；品质高尚的 a noble leader 伟大的领袖 noble ideals 崇高的理想 He died for a noble cause. 他为了高尚的事业而牺牲。 🔊🔊 She died in a noble cause. 她为了崇高的事业而牺牲。 It was very noble of you to go so far to take him home. 去那么远的地方把他送回家，你真伟大。
belonging to a family of high social rank (= belonging to the nobility 贵族的；高贵的 He was a young man of noble birth. 他是个出身高贵的年轻人。 one of the noblest families in Portugal 葡萄牙最贵族之一 Intermarriage between the noble families means that all the counts are related. 贵族之间的通婚意味着所有伯爵都是有关系的。
very impressive in size or quality 宏伟的；壮丽的 a noble building 雄伟的大楼
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin (g)nobilis ‘noted, high-born’, from an Indo-European root shared by know.