| 单词 | proletariat |
| 释义 | proletariat (once / 2253 pages) n Proletariat is an old term for the working class. It was commonly used by Marxists and other people who believed that capitalism had created a class of workers who were exploited by company owners. They called those owners "the bourgeoisie." When you use the word proletariat now, your audience might assume that you've arrived in a time machine from the 19th century and you're still angry about the exploitation of workers. So you probably would use the term self-consciously or humorously, as in “The boss just sent around a memo saying no one’s allowed to leave until we’ve finished compiling the report. I guess the proletariat had better forget about making it home in time to watch the kick-off.” WORD FAMILYproletariat: proletarian, proletariats+/proletarian: proletarians USAGE EXAMPLESFred Astaire represents the aristocracy when he dances,” claimed Gene Kelly, in old age, “and I represent the proletariat.” The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) “The proletariat is no longer just someone with a hammer; it can also be a computer programmer.” Wall Street Journal(Sep 13, 2016) In some countries these questions are socio-economic: Are you for the industrialists or the landowners, for the proletariat or the bourgeoisie? Slate(Aug 14, 2016) n a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages Syn|Hypo|Hyper labor, labour, working class labor force, labor pool the source of trained people from which workers can be hired lumpenproletariat(Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement organized laboremployees who are represented by a labor union class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum people having the same social, economic, or educational status |
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