coastal elite
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌkəʊ.stəl eˈliːt/us/ˌkoʊ.stəl iˈliːt/thegroupofeducated,professionalpeoplelivingmainlyincitieson thewesternornortheasterncoastsof the US who haveliberalpoliticalviewsand are oftenconsideredto haveadvantagesthat mostordinaryAmericansdo not have:
沿海精英(居住在美国西海岸或东北海岸城市里受过良好教育的专业人士,崇尚自由主义,拥有大多数普通美国人所没有的优势)HecriticizedAmerica'scoastalelitesfordisregardingmainstreamvalues.他批评美国的沿海精英无视主流价值观。
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- 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
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