the precariat
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/prɪˈkeə.ri.ət/us/prɪˈker.i.ət/theclassofpeoplewho arepoorand do not havesecurejobs(=onesthat arelikelytocontinuefor alongtime):
(贫困、没有固定工作的)朝不保夕的人After 20yearsin the samejob, Ienteredthe precariat.在同一份工作做了二十年之后,我突然变得朝不保夕。
Compare
the proletariat
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- pedigreed
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class