middle class

英 [ˌmɪdl ˈklɑːs]

美 [ˌmɪdl ˈklæs]

n.  中产阶级; 中等收入阶层

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牛津词典

noun

• 中产阶级；中等收入阶层
  the social class whose members are neither very rich nor very poor and that includes professional and business people
  1. the upper/lower middle class
     中等偏上 / 偏下收入阶层
  2. the growth of the middle classes
     中产阶级的壮大

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 中产阶级，中产阶层(通常指商人、经理、医生、律师和教师)
  The middle classormiddle classesare the people in a society who are not working class or upper class. Business people, managers, doctors, lawyers, and teachers are usually regarded as middle class.
  1. ...the expansion of the middle class in the late 19th century...
     19世纪晚期中产阶级的壮大
  2. The President may have secured some support from the middle classes.
     总统可能已经得到了一些中产阶级的支持。
  3. Middle classis also an adjective.
     
  4. He is rapidly losing the support of blue-collar voters and of middle-class conservatives...
     他正在迅速失去蓝领选民与中产阶级保守派的支持。
  5. All the best revolutionaries have been middle class.
     所有最优秀的革命家都来自中产阶级。
• ADJ-GRADED (态度等)中产阶级的，中产阶级特有的
  People sometimes describe attitudes asmiddle classwhen they think that they are typical of middle class people, for example because they are very conventional or attach too much importance to possessions.
  1. ...a very middle-class upbringing.
     典型的中产阶级家庭教育

英英释义

noun

• the social class between the lower and upper classes
  Synonym:bourgeoisie

双语例句

• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
  党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。
• His message about moderation and the middle class captured the attention of the press, which anointed him front-runner.
  他关于中庸和中产阶级的观点引起媒体的注意，使他成为获胜的热门人选。
• We should not have a tax increase on the middle class.
  我们不应该对中产阶级增税。
• He did so by appealing to the modest aspirations of the poor, middle class and university students.
  他的成功主要归功于赢得了穷人，中产阶级和大学生们的青睐。
• Increases in wages, pensions and unemployment benefits have cushioned the impact on the middle class and the poor.
  提高工资、养老金和失业补助缓解了对中产阶级和贫困人口的影响。
• I think that could be one symbol of the rising of the middle class in China.
  我想这是中国中产阶级正在崛起的一个象征。
• The party's main power base is the middle class and the skilled manual workers.
  这个政党的主要力量基础是中产阶级和技术手工工人。
• It would be a state under the control of the middle class.
  它将是一个在中间阶层控制下的国家。
• In the same year, central and Latin America will have as many middle class consumers as North America.
  到同一年，中美洲和拉丁美洲中产阶层消费者数量将赶上北美。
• I am rated middle class.
  而我又被认为是中产阶级。