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working class adjective working class ♦︎ lowly ♦︎ common ♦︎ proletarian ♦︎ humbleThese words all describe people from a low social class or of low status, or things connected with low social class or low status. 这些词均表示社会地位低下的、卑微的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆working-class / common / humble people◆working-class / lowly / humble origins◆(of) lowly / humble birth◆a working-class / proletarian / humble hero■ ˌworking ˈclass belonging to or typical of the social class whose members do not have much money or power and are usually employed to do work with their hands 工人阶级的◆The group was set up and led largely by working-class women.该组织主要由工人阶级妇女建立并领导。◆She grew up in a working-class area.她在工人阶级的居住区长大。 see also working class ⇨ the general public , upper class ⇨ aristocratic , middle class ⇨ middle class adj. ■ lowly /ˈləʊli; NAmE ˈloʊli/ (often humorous) (especially of a person or their job) low in status or importance （尤指人或职位）低下的，不重要的，无足轻重的◆His first job was as a lowly assistant gardener.他做的第一份工作是低下的园丁助理。■ common [not usually before noun] (BrE, disapproving, often humorous) typical of sb from a low social class and lacking good manners or culture 地位低的；粗俗的；庸俗的◆She thought he was very common and uneducated.她觉得他很粗俗、没教养。◆He's as common as muck, but he's got a lot of posh friends.他是个普通人，却结交了不少上流社会的朋友。ⓘ To describe sb as common is now mostly considered to be snobbish (= showing that you think you are better than other people because of your high social class) and it is mostly used humorously. 如今，用common形容人多被认为是势利的，现多用于幽默。OPP posh ⇨ aristocratic ■ proletarian /ˌprəʊləˈteəriən; NAmE ˌproʊləˈteriən/ (rather formal, often disapproving) (used especially when talking about the past) connected with ordinary people who earn money by working, especially those who do not own any property （尤指旧时）无产阶级的，工人阶级的◆Marx hoped that the proletarian revolution would soon follow.马克思希望无产阶级革命随即到来。OPP bourgeois ⇨ middle class adj. see also the proletariat ⇨ the general public ■ humble (literary or humorous) (especially of a person or their job) low in status or social position （尤指人或职位）低下的，卑微的◆He had worked his way up from humble beginnings.他从卑微的底层一路奋斗到今天的地位。 |