| 单词 | social class |
| 释义 | social class (once / 13046 pages) n WORD FAMILY social class: social classes USAGE EXAMPLESShe was also from a higher social class. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Mike Savage calls on sociologists to resolve their differences over definitions of social class to allow better analyses of inequality. Nature(Dec 14, 2016) The Aztecs of Mexico’s central highlands revered pulque, pronounced POOL-kay, reserving it for the highest social classes and the most august occasions. Seattle Times(Dec 06, 2016) n people having the same social, economic, or educational status Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper class, socio-economic class, stratum Ferdinand and Isabella joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I William and Maryjoint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II domain, world people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest age classpeople in the same age range agriculturethe class of people engaged in growing food brotherhood, fraternity, sodalitypeople engaged in a particular occupation estate, estate of the realm, the three estatesa major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights labor, labour, proletariat, working classa social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages lower class, underclassthe social class lowest in the social hierarchy bourgeoisie, middle classthe social class between the lower and upper classes booboisieclass consisting of all those who are considered boobs commonality, commonalty, commonsa class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank peasantrythe class of peasants demimondea class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior underworldthe criminal class yeomanryclass of small freeholders who cultivated their own land castea social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth caste(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity upper class, upper crustthe class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy ninjaa class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations firing linethe most advanced and responsible group in an activity immigrant classrecent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds centerpolitically moderate persons; centrists old schoola class of people favoring traditional ideas marketthe customers for a particular product or service craft, tradepeople who perform a particular kind of skilled work fair sex, woman, womanhoodwomen as a class Lords Spiritual, first estatethe clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain Lords Temporal, second estatethe nobility in France and the peerage in Britain Commons, third estatethe common people fourth estatethe press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers labor force, labor poolthe 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 petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisielower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.) academe, academiathe academic world Grub Streetthe world of literary hacks jati(Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter) elite, elite groupa group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status aristocracy, gentrythe most powerful members of a society people in power, ruling classthe class of people exerting power or authority black marketpeople who engage in illicit trade people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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