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

• The government has been criticized because of its neglect of working class areas.
  政府因为对工人阶级居住地区不重视而受到了批评。
• 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。
• 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。
• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.
  商业不景气常使劳工们受苦。
• I have noticed that many people dining in McDonald's are students and people from the working class.
  我发现在麦当劳餐厅吃饭的人大都是学生和劳动阶层的人。
• The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution.
  工人阶级队伍还是非常弱小，不能成功实现社会主义革命。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is the working class that is most selfless.
  工人阶级最大公无私。
• He openly betrayed the working class.
  他公开背叛了工人阶级。