单词 | workingclass |
释义 | working class adjectiveworking class ♦︎ lowly ♦︎ common ♦︎ proletarian ♦︎ humblethese words all describe people from a low social class or of low status, or things connected with low social class or low status.这些词均表示社会地位低下的、卑微的。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆working-class / common / humble people◆working-class / lowly / humble origins◆(of) lowly / humble birth◆a working-class / proletarian / humble hero■ working class belonging to or typical of the social class whose members do not have much money or power and are usually employed to do work with their hands工人阶级的◆the group was set up and led largely by working-class women.该组织主要由工人阶级妇女建立并领导。◆she grew up in a working-class area.她在工人阶级的居住区长大。 ➡ see also working class → general public , upper class → aristocratic , middle class → middle class adj. ■ lowly /ləʊli; name loʊli/ (often humorous) (especially of a person or their job) low in status or importance(尤指人或职位)低下的,不重要的,无足轻重的◆his first job was as a lowly assistant gardener.他做的第一份工作是低下的园丁助理。■ common [not usually before noun] (bre, disapproving, often humorous) typical of sb from a low social class and lacking good manners or culture地位低的;粗俗的;庸俗的◆she thought he was very common and uneducated.她觉得他很粗俗、没教养。◆he's as common as muck, but he's got a lot of posh friends.他是个普通人,却结交了不少上流社会的朋友。ⓘ to describe sb as common is now mostly considered to be snobbish (= showing that you think you are better than other people because of your high social class) and it is mostly used humorously.如今,用 common 形容人多被认为是势利的,现多用于幽默。 opp posh → aristocratic ■ proletarian /prəʊləteəriən; name proʊləteriən/ (rather formal, often disapproving) (used especially when talking about the past) connected with ordinary people who earn money by working, especially those who do not own any property(尤指旧时)无产阶级的,工人阶级的◆marx hoped that the proletarian revolution would soon follow.马克思希望无产阶级革命随即到来。opp bourgeois → middle class adj. ➡ see also the proletariat → general public ■ humble (literary or humorous) (especially of a person or their job) low in status or social position(尤指人或职位)低下的,卑微的◆he had worked his way up from humble beginnings.他从卑微的底层一路奋斗到今天的地位。 |
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