working class

英 [ˌwɜːkɪŋ ˈklɑːs]

美 [ˌwɜːrkɪŋ ˈklæs]

n.  工人阶级

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牛津词典

noun

• 工人阶级
  the social class whose members do not have much money or power and are usually employed to do manual work (= physical work using their hands)
  1. the political party of the working class
     工人阶级的政党
  2. The working class has/have rejected them in the elections.
     工人阶级在选举中没有投他们的票。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 工人阶级;劳动阶级;工薪阶层
  The working classorthe working classesare the group of people in a society who do not own much property, who have low social status, and who do jobs which involve using physical skills rather than intellectual skills.
  1. A quarter of the working class voted for him.
     工薪阶层中有1/4的人投票支持他。
  2. ...increased levels of home ownership among the working classes.
     工薪阶层中住房自有率的提高
  3. Working classis also an adjective.
     
  4. ...a self-educated man from a working class background...
     自学成才的工薪阶层子弟
  5. The group is mainly black, mainly working-class.
     这个团体主要由黑人组成，而且大多是工人阶级。

英英释义

noun

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  1. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
  Synonym:laborlabourproletariat

双语例句

• One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image
  据认为，一个帮上了他的因素就是他的工人阶级形象。
• After liberation, the working class turned over to be the leading class in our nation.
  解放后，工人阶级翻身做了主人，成为我们国家的领导阶级。
• Strike gives expressions to the discontent of the working class with their employers.
  罢工反映了工人阶级对他们雇主的不满。
• I have said that intellectuals are part of the working class.
  我说过，知识分子是工人阶级的一部分。
• He openly betrayed the working class.
  他公开背叛了工人阶级。
• There have always been poor and working classes; and the working class have mostly been poor.
  穷人和劳动阶级一向就有；并且劳动阶级通常都是贫穷的。
• Free trade is a cruel hoax on the middle and working class.
  自由贸易对于中产阶级和工人阶级来说是一个残酷的骗局。
• The middle classes all thought that the working class was inferior.
  中产阶级都认为工人阶级是低等的。
• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.
  商业不景气常使劳工们受苦。
• However, the working class have been divided into some social classes.
  然而，工人阶级内部已分化为若干个社会阶层。