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

• 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。
• Some nations have no middle class;
  有些国家没有中产阶级；
• The multinationals are betting on the potential of the expanding Chinese middle class.
  这些跨国企业都将赌注押在了中国日益壮大的中产阶级的潜力上。
• This tax bears down on the lower middle class.
  税务压倒了中产阶级的下层。
• Lower middle class ( shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.).
  中产阶级的下层（店主和全体职员等）。
• 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。
• He made a study of the position of the middle class in Britain.
  他研究过英国中产阶级的状况。
• 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。
• We should not have a tax increase on the middle class.
  我们不应该对中产阶级增税。
• Calling this group a "middle class" is severely misleading.
  将这个群体称为“中产阶级”具有严重的误导性。