| 单词 | middleclass |
| 释义 | the middle class nounthe middle class ♦︎ the bourgeoisiethese are both words for the social class whose members are neither very rich nor very poor and that includes business and professional people.这两个词均表示中产阶级。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆among the middle class / bourgeoisie◆the french / russian / english, etc. middle class / bourgeoisie◆the new middle class / bourgeoisie◆the professional / urban / industrial middle class / bourgeoisie■ the middle class [singular + singular or plural verb] (also the middle classes [plural]) the social class whose members are neither very rich, such as landowners and nobles, nor very poor working people, and that includes business and professional people中产阶级；中等收入阶层◆the schools were originally created to educate the children of the middle classes.这些学校最初是为教育中产阶级的子女创办的。◆the move was bitterly resisted by sections of the professional middle class.这次行动遭到了中产阶级内专业人士的愤怒抵制。◆the upper / lower middle classes中等偏上／偏下收入阶层 ➡ see also the working class → general public , the upper class → elite , class → class 4 ■ the bourgeoisie /bʊəʒwɑːziː; name bʊrʒwɑːziː/ [singular + singular or plural verb] (rather formal, politics政治) the middle classes in society; (in politics) the capitalist class that owns or controls the means of production中产阶级；（政治意义上的）资产阶级◆the rise of the industrial bourgeoisie in the nineteenth century brought new clashes.19 世纪工业资产阶级的兴起带来了新的冲突。opp the proletariat → general public middle class adjectivemiddle class ♦︎ bourgeoisthese words describe people belonging to the middle social class or ideas and attitudes typical of this class.这两个词均表示中产阶级的、具有中产阶级特色的。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆a middle-class / bourgeois family / institution◆middle-class / bourgeois culture / intellectuals / liberalism / values / tastes / attitudes■ middle class (sometimes disapproving) connected with or belonging to the middle social class; typical of people from the middle social class, for example interested mainly in social status and having traditional views中产阶级的；中等收入阶层的；具有中产阶级特色的（如追求社会地位，观念保守等）◆they seemed like a fairly normal, well-adjusted, middle-class family.他们看起来像是一个相当正常的中产阶级家庭，待人接物稳重得体。◆the school serves a predominantly middle-class area.这所学校为一个以中产阶级为主的地区服务。◆the club has become very middle class.这家俱乐部变得非常古板。ⓘ middle class is sometimes used to show disapproval of ideas or attitudes which you consider too traditional or put too much emphasis on possessions and social status. * middle class 有时用作贬义，表示观念或态度太过传统，或过于强调财富和社会地位。 ➡ see also upper class → aristocratic , working class → working class ■ bourgeois /bʊəʒwɑː, bʊəʒwɑː; name bʊrʒwɑː, bʊrʒwɑː/ (rather formal, often disapproving) middle class中产阶级的；具有中产阶级特色的◆the family has long been the basic unit of bourgeois society.家庭长久以来一直是中产阶级社会的基本单位。◆they've become very bourgeois since they got married.他们结婚后变得十分庸俗。opp proletarian → working class note 辨析 middle class or bourgeois?both these words can be used to show disapproval of people and ideas which are too traditional or put too much emphasis on possessions and social status. bourgeois is more frequently disapproving than middle class and can show stronger disapproval. however, in more formal writing about politics or history bourgeois is also used in a way which is not disapproving to describe a particular social class.这两个词均可用作贬义，表示人或观念太过传统，或过于强调财富和社会地位。与 middle class 相比，bourgeois 通常更常用作贬义，且贬义更强。不过，在较正式的有关政治或历史的著作中，bourgeois 亦可描述一个特定的社会阶层，不含贬义。 |
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