| 单词 | proletarian |
| 释义 | proletarian (once / 5410 pages) adjn Working class, blue collar, plebeian and certainly not aristocratic — that's what the adjective proletarian means. Proletarian has roots in the Latin word proles, which means "offspring." That's because back in ancient Rome, a proletarian was a member of the proletariat, the class of society that had no wealth and didn't own property. The only thing these proletarians had to offer was their hard work and their children. Today's proletarians are a little better off; they're considered the working class and just might have better benefits through their unions than some white-collar workers out there. WORD FAMILYproletarian: proletarians+/proletariat: proletarian, proletariats USAGE EXAMPLESPrince Frederick drove not the famous Rolls-Royce in which Gabor was arrested last June but a proletarian Chevy station wagon. Los Angeles Times(Mar 11, 1990) In fact, we belonged to the proletarian class. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) “Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate,” he wrote. Slate(Nov 22, 2016) 1adj belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat Syn low-class, lower-class occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society 2n a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) Syn|Hypo|Hyper prole, 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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