| 词汇 | working-class |
| 释义 | working class noun[ S, + sing/pl verb ] uk /ˌwɜː.kɪŋ ˈklɑːs/ us /ˌwɝː.kɪŋ ˈklæs/(UK alsothe working classes) a social group that consists of people who earn little money, often being paid only for the hours or days that they work, and who usually do physical work: 劳工阶级，工人阶级 The working class usually react/reacts in a predictable way to government policies.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 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 petit bourgeois petty bourgeois pleb plebby the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie trailer trash underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class working-class adjective uk /ˌwɜː.kɪŋˈklɑːs/ us /ˌwɝː.kɪŋˈklæs/ belonging to a social group that consists of people who earn less than other groups, often being paid only for the hours or days that they work, and who usually do physical work rather than work for which you need an advanced education: 劳工阶级的，工人阶级的 working-class people/families工人阶级人员/家庭 He was born to Irish immigrants and grew up in a working-class neighbourhood.他出生在爱尔兰移民家庭，在工人阶级社区长大。 He considers himself working-class, even though he's a teacher. Given the working-class background I came from, I never thought that I could ever become a writer. White, working-class voters make up the bulk of voters in many battleground states. 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 petit bourgeois petty bourgeois pleb plebby the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie trailer trash underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class working class | American Dictionaryworking class noun[ Cusually sing ] us/ˈwɜr·kɪŋ ˌklæs/ the group of people in society who use physical skills in their jobs and are usually paid by the hour: a working-class neighborhood/family working-class | Business Englishworking-class adjective[ before noun ] ECONOMICSukus belonging or relating to the social group that consists of people who usually do physical work, and usually do not have much money or a very high level of education: Most of our voters come from working-class backgrounds. a working-class area a working-class family Compare lower-class middle-class upper-class the working class noun[ S ] ukus(alsothe working classes[ plural ]) ECONOMICS the social group that consists of people who usually do physical work, and usually do not have much money or a very high level of education: She is a County Commissioner who fights for the working class. Compare the middle class upper class Examples of working classworking class It was tuberculosis which prompted the response that housing for the workingclass should be subsidized by the government. The landscape of the workingclass is not the same as its bourgeois counterpart. It predicted the absolute impoverishment of the workingclass. The workingclass would grow in size and power until it would organize politically and through revolutionary activity abolish capitalism. Manufacturers, in contrast, demanded the ending of slavery, high tariffs, internal development, state intervention, and a disciplined workingclass. Table 2 shows that the bottom two quintiles comprise mostly households in the marginal workingclass and ' other ' category. This secular transfiguration of the myth partially explains the desired ' conquest ' of the workingclass. By deploying the language of class, the author argues, artisans sought to present themselves as representatives of a broader workingclass. The private developers also tried to satisfy the housing necessities of the workingclass. This urban peasantry disappeared more or less at the same time as the industrial workingclass, in historical terms. There was also severe repression, in the shape of arrests and dismissals, of any dissenting voice from within the workingclass. Most historians have seen in the process of organization the flowering of 'workingclass consciousness'. The workingclass had not changed in any material respect but had realistically adapted a traditional culture to new circumstances. Many in the workingclass, in particular, tended to be deferential towards authority figures and those in superior class positions. The workingclass is the most left-wing group, and it appears that routine non-manual workers are to the right of the foremen and technicians. See all examples of working class 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. |
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