the middle class ♦︎ the bourgeoisieThese are both words for the social class whose members are neither very rich nor very poor and that includes business and professional people.这两个词均表示中产阶级。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆among the middle class / bourgeoisie◆the French / Russian / English, etc. middle class / bourgeoisie◆the new middle class / bourgeoisie◆the professional / urban / industrial middle class / bourgeoisie■the ˌmiddle ˈclass [singular + singular or plural verb] ( the middle classes [plural]) the social class whose members are neither very rich, such as landowners and nobles, nor very poor working people, and that includes business and professional people中产阶级；中等收入阶层◆The schools were originally created to educate the children of the middle classes.这些学校最初是为教育中产阶级的子女创办的。◆The move was bitterly resisted by sections of the professional middle class.这次行动遭到了中产阶级内专业人士的愤怒抵制。◆the upper / lower middle classes中等偏上／偏下收入阶层 see also the working class ⇨ the general public, the upper class ⇨ elite, class ⇨ class4■the bourgeoisie /ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː; NAmEˌbʊrʒwɑːˈziː/ [singular + singular or plural verb] (ratherformal, politics政治) the middle classes in society; (in politics) the capitalist class that owns or controls the means of production中产阶级；（政治意义上的）资产阶级◆The rise of the industrial bourgeoisie in the nineteenth century brought new clashes.19世纪工业资产阶级的兴起带来了新的冲突。OPPthe proletariat ⇨ the general public