| 单词 | prole |
| 释义 | prole (once / 68320 pages) n A prole is a worker, or a member of the blue-collar working class. Someone who's employed at a mill or a factory is considered a prole. Prole is short for proletariat, the collective name for workers that's especially common in (and was popularized by) Marxist economics. The word comes from the Latin proletarius, "citizen of the lowest class," used in ancient Rome to describe the group of people who didn't own property and whose only contribution to society was having children. It comes from proles, or "offspring." WORD FAMILYprole: proles USAGE EXAMPLESPeasants and proles could aspire to more than mere survival. The Guardian(Sep 17, 2016) “Book Of The Stranger” continues the trend of Dany awaiting the mindless worship of dirty proles of color, which raises a few red flags. Salon(May 16, 2016) All of the winners, and some of the losers, cycle through – mingling with the proles as much as they have to. The Guardian(Feb 29, 2016) n a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) Syn|Hypo|Hyper proletarian, worker dogsbody a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do common man, common person, commoner a person who holds no title |
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