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

• 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。
• 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。
• This cut helps the poor and the middle class, who need every break they can get.
  这种减少可帮助那些穷人和中产阶级，他们需要任何可以得到的休息。
• 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。
• The middle class and poor, what the want is high income.
  中产阶级和穷人说想要的是高收入。
• Technology and globalisation are eroding traditional middle class living standards.
  技术和全球化正在侵蚀传统的中产阶级生活标准。
• This tax bears down on the lower middle class.
  税务压倒了中产阶级的下层。
• 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。
• We should not have a tax increase on the middle class.
  我们不应该对中产阶级增税。
• Lower middle class ( shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.).
  中产阶级的下层（店主和全体职员等）。