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单词 working class
释义
working class
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌwɜː.kɪŋ ˈklɑːs/us
/ˌwɝː.kɪŋ ˈklæs/
(UKalsothe working classes)
asocialgroupthat consists ofpeoplewhoearnlittlemoney, often beingpaidonly for thehoursordaysthat theywork, and who usually dophysicalwork:
劳工阶级，工人阶级
Theworkingclassusuallyreact/reactsin apredictableway togovernmentpolicies.工人阶级通常会以可预料的方式对政府政策作出反应。
Compare
lower classold-fashioned
middle class
upper class
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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 climbing
  • social mobility
  • the bottom of the heapidiom
  • the gentry
  • the petite bourgeoisie
  • trailer trash
  • underclass
  • upper class
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working-class
adjective
uk
/ˌwɜː.kɪŋˈklɑːs/us
/ˌwɝː.kɪŋˈklæs/
belongingto asocialgroupthat consists ofpeoplewhoearnless than othergroups, often beingpaidonly for thehoursordaysthat theywork, and who usually dophysicalworkratherthanworkfor which you need anadvancededucation:
working-classpeople/families
He wasborntoIrishimmigrantsandgrewup in a working-classneighbourhood.
More examples
  • Heconsidershimself working-class,eventhough he's ateacher.
  • Given the working-classbackgroundI came from, I neverthoughtthat I couldeverbecomeawriter.
  • White, working-classvotersmake up thebulkofvotersin manybattlegroundstates.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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 climbing
  • social mobility
  • the bottom of the heapidiom
  • the gentry
  • the petite bourgeoisie
  • trailer trash
  • underclass
  • upper class
See more results »
(Definition ofworking classfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
working class
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌwɜː.kɪŋ ˈklɑːs/us
/ˌwɝː.kɪŋ ˈklæs/
(UKalsothe working classes)
asocialgroupthat consists ofpeoplewhoearnlittlemoney, often beingpaidonly for thehoursordaysthat theywork, and who usually dophysicalwork
劳工阶级，工人阶级
Theworkingclassusuallyreact/reactsin apredictableway togovernmentpolicies.工人阶级通常会以可预料的方式对政府政策作出反应。
Compare
lower classold-fashioned
middle class
upper class

working class| American Dictionary

working class
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/ˈwɜr·kɪŋ ˌklæs/
thegroupofpeopleinsocietywho usephysicalskillsintheirjobsand are usuallypaidby thehour:
aworking-classneighborhood/family
(Definition ofworking classfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

working-class| Business English

working-class
adjective[before noun]
ECONOMICS
uk
us
belongingorrelatingto thesocialgroupthat consists ofpeoplewho usually dophysicalwork, and usually do not have muchmoneyor a very highlevelofeducation:
Most ofourvoterscome fromworking-classbackgrounds.
a working-classarea
aworking-classfamily
Compare
lower-class
middle-class
upper-class
the working class
noun[S]
uk
us
(alsothe working classes[plural])
ECONOMICS
thesocialgroupthat consists ofpeoplewho usually dophysicalwork, and usually do not have muchmoneyor a very highlevelofeducation:
She is a County Commissioner whofightsfor theworkingclass.
Compare
the middle class
upper class
(Definition ofworking-classfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofworking class

working class
It was tuberculosis which prompted the response that housing for theworkingclassshould be subsidized by the government.
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The landscape of theworkingclassis not the same as its bourgeois counterpart.
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It predicted the absolute impoverishment of theworkingclass.
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Theworkingclasswould grow in size and power until it would organize politically and through revolutionary activity abolish capitalism.
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Manufacturers, in contrast, demanded the ending of slavery, high tariffs, internal development, state intervention, and a disciplinedworkingclass.
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Table 2 shows that the bottom two quintiles comprise mostly households in the marginalworkingclassand ' other ' category.
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This secular transfiguration of the myth partially explains the desired ' conquest ' of theworkingclass.
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By deploying the language of class, the author argues, artisans sought to present themselves as representatives of a broaderworkingclass.
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The private developers also tried to satisfy the housing necessities of theworkingclass.
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This urban peasantry disappeared more or less at the same time as the industrialworkingclass, in historical terms.
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There was also severe repression, in the shape of arrests and dismissals, of any dissenting voice from within theworkingclass.
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Most historians have seen in the process of organization the flowering of 'workingclassconsciousness'.
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Theworkingclasshad not changed in any material respect but had realistically adapted a traditional culture to new circumstances.
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Many in theworkingclass, in particular, tended to be deferential towards authority figures and those in superior class positions.
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Theworkingclassis the most left-wing group, and it appears that routine non-manual workers are to the right of the foremen and technicians.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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