They were rather on the level of the great land-owning dukes and peers of France and England. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Mr Venus, always in exceedingly low spirits and making whimpering sounds, peers about for the stuffed canary. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Even in good men there is such an irregular wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep. 柏拉图.理想国.
An ample estate was allotted to them, and they took the first rank among the peers of Great Britain. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Twelve cannon cast by Louis VII were named after the twelve peers of France, and Charles V gave twelve others the names of the twelve apostles. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Did you never observe how the mind of a clever rogue peers out of his eyes, and the more clearly he sees, the more evil he does? 柏拉图.理想国.
Philip was a king after the old pattern, a leader-king, first among his peers, of the ancient Nordic Aryan type. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
It has even been suggested in Britain that there should be labour peers, selected from among the leaders of the great industrial trade unions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.