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

• Some say he's a traitor to the working class.
  一些人说他是工人阶级的叛徒。
• Finally she betrayed the interest of the working class.
  最后，她出卖了工人阶级的利益。
• 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。
• On the other hand, the contradictions between the working class and the bourgeoisie are antagonistic.
  工人阶级和资产阶级的矛盾，是对抗性的矛盾。
• Naturally, the working class and the entire people under its leadership.
  当然是工人阶级和在它领导下的人民。
• 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。
• The Party soon acquired great influence among the working class.
  不久党在工人队阶级中间就有了很大影响。
• The industrial revolution created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.
  工业革命产生了工人阶级，即无产阶级。后来形成了工会制度。
• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.
  商业不景气常使劳工们受苦。
• 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。