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the chattering classes noun[ plural ] UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˈtʃæt.ə.rɪŋ ˌklɑː.sɪz / us /ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ ˌklæs.ɪz / well-educated middle-class people who enjoy discussing political, cultural, and social matters and who express opinions on a lot of subjects闲聊阶层(指喜爱谈论政治、文化、社会问题,对各种问题发表意见的受过良好教育的中产阶级) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases 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 petty bourgeois pleb plebby plebeian the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie the upper crust underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class |