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UKasocialgroupthat consists ofwell-educatedpeople, such asdoctors,lawyers, andteachers, who have goodjobsand are notpoor, but are not veryrich: Theuppermiddleclasstendto go intobusinessor theprofessions,becoming, forexample,lawyers,doctors, oraccountants.社会地位较高的中产阶级往往会进入商业圈或成为专业人士,如律师、医生或会计。 Comparelower classold-fashioned upper class working classnoun USasocialgroupthat consists ofordinarypeoplewho usually have goodjobsand are neitherrichnorverypoor: The country'seconomicproblemshaveaffectedthemiddleclassmoststrongly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesClass & class-consciousness in general - anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class
See more results » UKrelatingto asocialgroupthat consists ofwell-educatedpeople, such asdoctors,lawyers, andteachers, who have goodjobsand are notpoor, but are not veryrich: Middle-classchildrenhave moreadvantages. USrelatingto asocialgroupthat consists ofordinarypeoplewho usually have goodjobsand are neitherrichnorverypoor: a middle-classsuburbof New York - Squash is a middle-classsport.
- Theyshopat a middle-classsupermarketthatsellsdozens of differentvarietiesofolivesandfreshpasta.
- Pushy middle-classparentsare very good at gettingtheirchildreninto thebestschools.
- Wedrovefrom middle-classsuburbsto a verypoorinner-cityarea.
- He has written abookabout middle-classsuburbia.
- Theyexpressedworryabout the district'scurrentbudgetcrisisanditsvanishingmiddle-classworkforce.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesClass & class-consciousness in general - anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class
See more results » (Definition ofmiddle classfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)asocialgroupthat consists ofwell-educatedpeople, such asdoctors,lawyers, andteachers, who have goodjobsand are neither veryrichnorverypoor 中产阶级Theuppermiddleclasstendto go intobusinessor theprofessions,becoming, forexample,lawyers,doctors, oraccountants.社会地位较高的中产阶级往往会进入商业圈或成为专业人士,如律师、医生或会计。 Comparelower classold-fashioned upper class working classnoun middle class| American Dictionarysocial studiesthepeoplein asocietywho are not of highsocialrankorextremelyrichbut are notpoor (Definition ofmiddle classfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)the middle class| Business EnglishECONOMICSthesocialgroupthat consists ofwell-educatedpeople, such asdoctors,lawyers, andteachers, who are neither veryrichnorverypoor: lower/upper middle classTheuppermiddleclasstendsto go intobusinessor theprofessions. middle-class
Taxsubsidieswill begrantedtohelpuninsuredmiddle-classfamilies. Comparelower-class upper class working-class (Definition ofthe middle classfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofmiddle classmiddle class That decision places him squarely in the mainstream of scholars who have heretofore explored themiddle-classexperience.From theCambridge English Corpus Some of its adherents weremiddle-class, and others were working-class autodidacts.From theCambridge English Corpus The 1997 recordings included adults (aged 40 years and over) and adolescents, with equal numbers ofmiddle-classand working-class speakers at each age.From theCambridge English Corpus There has always been a divide between securemiddle-classfamilies and poorer working families and the government's policies are plainly intended to mitigate that divide.From theCambridge English Corpus But the ultimate failure ofmiddle-classhegemony cannot be explained by isolated examples of disorderly conduct in the libraries.From theCambridge English Corpus It is unclear why the stability of disorganized attachment tends to be higher inmiddle-classgroups.From theCambridge English Corpus She argues that novelty and variety were central elements of fashion and did much to drivemiddle-classconsumption.From theCambridge English Corpus Since the researchers comprised largelymiddle-classvolunteers, they had little understanding of the internal dynamics of working-class communities.From theCambridge English Corpus These involve critiques ofmiddle-classclaims to disinterested universalism of values for veiling class interest and deflecting attention away from class conflict.From theCambridge English Corpus To point to this fragility in relation to other masculinities is not to denymiddle-classmen's social power over women or the lower classes.From theCambridge English Corpus Nowhere were the complex relationships of class and gender more evident than in themiddle-classkitchen and dining room.From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, failure, particularly in business enterprises, became the common fate formiddle-classmen in the nineteenth century, hence, the necessity for struggle.From theCambridge English Corpus But the predominant view was that religion, at least inmiddle-classwomen, was an essentially calming in-uence.From theCambridge English Corpus Outcault was in many ways a continuation of the professional,middle-classflaneur tradition in ethnic typing.From theCambridge English Corpus The city'smiddle-classprofessionals, and those who could afford to emigrate to neighbouring countries, started leaving in their thousands.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/middle-class## |