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

• Finally she betrayed the interest of the working class.
  最后，她出卖了工人阶级的利益。
• 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。
• They are the vanguards of the working class.
  他们是工人阶级的先锋队。
• He openly betrayed the working class.
  他公开背叛了工人阶级。
• 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。
• We are both from working class stock.
  我们俩都出身于工人家庭。
• The 1867 Reform Act extended the franchise to much of the male working class.
  《1867年改革法》扩大了选举权的范围，使多数男性工人都拥有了该权利。
• 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。
• Differences of age and sex have no longer any distinctive social validity for the working class.
  对工人阶级来说，性别和年龄的差别再没有什么社会意义了。
• Some say he's a traitor to the working class.
  一些人说他是工人阶级的叛徒。