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middle class
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

middle class
  1. 1. noun the middle class(es) 中产阶级
  2. 2. adjective (sociologically) 中层社会的
  3. 3. adjective [pej] (bourgeois) 中产阶级的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

middle class
  1. 1. 中产阶级

Collins English-English Dictionary

middle class
  1. 1. n bourgeoisie a social stratum that is not clearly defined but is positioned between the lower and upper classes. It consists of businessmen, professional people, etc, along with their families, and is marked by bourgeois values - Compare lower class upper class working class
  2. 2. adj of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class

Examples

The educated middle class led the move towards independence.
受过教育的中产阶级发起了走向独立的运动。
In giving most people middle-class aspirations, the government tried to rid the nation of its old-fashioned class structure.
为了满足大部分中产阶级愿望,政府试图消除这个国家旧时的阶级结构。
Millions of middle-class families can no longer afford to live on two incomes.
无数的中产阶级家庭再也无法仅靠两份收入来维持生计了。
The concept is untested and could spark an exodus of middle-class students from local public schools.
这一理念尚未收到检验,并且有可能导致大批中产阶层的学生离开当地公立学校。
The class are sitting in a circle with the teacher in the middle.
同学们坐成一圈,把老师围在中央。
Critics pointed to the government's fear of losing votes among middle-class interests and to the power of particular lobbies.
批评家指责政府害怕失去中产阶层的选票,并指责某些游说集团的权力。

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