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

• 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。
• The black middle class must now reach out with more empathy and concern to the lower class.
  黑人中产阶级眼下必须对底层社会倾注更多的同情和关心。
• 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。
• In the middle of the middle class is not much room for development.
  中间没有多少中产阶级的发展空间。
• The poor and middle class all too often allow the power of money to control them.
  穷人和中产阶级更多地让金钱的力量控制他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• This will meet a lot of demand for middle class, turned into a big market.
  这就满足了很多中产阶级的需求，一下子变成一个很大的市场。
• I grew up on the lower end of the middle class.
  我成长在一个中产阶级中的下层。
• 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。