middle class

noun

1. 中产阶级；中等收入阶层
   the social class whose members are neither very rich nor very poor and that includes professional and business people
   1. the upper/lower middle class
      中等偏上 / 偏下收入阶层
   2. the growth of the middle classes
      中产阶级的壮大

1. N-COUNT-COLL 中产阶级，中产阶层(通常指商人、经理、医生、律师和教师)
   The middle class or middle classes are the people in a society who are not working class or upper class. Business people, managers, doctors, lawyers, and teachers are usually regarded as middle class.
   1. ...the expansion of the middle class in the late 19th century...
      19世纪晚期中产阶级的壮大
   2. The President may have secured some support from the middle classes.
      总统可能已经得到了一些中产阶级的支持。
   3. Middle class is also an adjective.
      
   4. He is rapidly losing the support of blue-collar voters and of middle-class conservatives...
      他正在迅速失去蓝领选民与中产阶级保守派的支持。
   5. All the best revolutionaries have been middle class.
      所有最优秀的革命家都来自中产阶级。
2. ADJ-GRADED (态度等)中产阶级的，中产阶级特有的
   People sometimes describe attitudes as middle class when they think that they are typical of middle class people, for example because they are very conventional or attach too much importance to possessions.
   1. ...a very middle-class upbringing.
      典型的中产阶级家庭教育

1. His message about moderation and the middle class captured the attention of the press, which anointed him front-runner.
   他关于中庸和中产阶级的观点引起媒体的注意，使他成为获胜的热门人选。
2. The black middle class must now reach out with more empathy and concern to the lower class.
   黑人中产阶级眼下必须对底层社会倾注更多的同情和关心。
3. The President may have secured some support from the middle classes.
   总统可能已经得到了一些中产阶级的支持。
4. Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
   党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。
5. I think that could be one symbol of the rising of the middle class in China.
   我想这是中国中产阶级正在崛起的一个象征。
6. It's still middle class because of the price.
   由于价格的问题，它主要还是面向中产阶级。
7. In the same year, central and Latin America will have as many middle class consumers as North America.
   到同一年，中美洲和拉丁美洲中产阶层消费者数量将赶上北美。
8. Calling this group a "middle class" is severely misleading.
   将这个群体称为“中产阶级”具有严重的误导性。
9. The multinationals are betting on the potential of the expanding Chinese middle class.
   这些跨国企业都将赌注押在了中国日益壮大的中产阶级的潜力上。
10. Increases in wages, pensions and unemployment benefits have cushioned the impact on the middle class and the poor.
    提高工资、养老金和失业补助缓解了对中产阶级和贫困人口的影响。
11. He did so by appealing to the modest aspirations of the poor, middle class and university students.
    他的成功主要归功于赢得了穷人，中产阶级和大学生们的青睐。
12. China's middle class was born from that day on, was buried on the doomed fate.
    中国的中产阶级从出生那天起，就注定了被埋葬的命运。
13. Some nations have no middle class;
    有些国家没有中产阶级；
14. The middle class and poor, what the want is high income.
    中产阶级和穷人说想要的是高收入。
15. Lower middle class ( shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.).
    中产阶级的下层（店主和全体职员等）。
16. He made a study of the position of the middle class in Britain.
    他研究过英国中产阶级的状况。
17. I am rated middle class.
    而我又被认为是中产阶级。
18. It would be a state under the control of the middle class.
    它将是一个在中间阶层控制下的国家。
19. In the middle of the middle class is not much room for development.
    中间没有多少中产阶级的发展空间。
20. This will meet a lot of demand for middle class, turned into a big market.
    这就满足了很多中产阶级的需求，一下子变成一个很大的市场。
21. Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
    与中产阶级的标准和习俗一致。
22. This cut helps the poor and the middle class, who need every break they can get.
    这种减少可帮助那些穷人和中产阶级，他们需要任何可以得到的休息。
23. The poor and middle class all too often allow the power of money to control them.
    穷人和中产阶级更多地让金钱的力量控制他们。
24. The new middle class consolidated its wealth and power.
    新的中产阶级巩固了它的财富和势力。
25. The party's main power base is the middle class and the skilled manual workers.
    这个政党的主要力量基础是中产阶级和技术手工工人。
26. We should not have a tax increase on the middle class.
    我们不应该对中产阶级增税。
27. Technology and globalisation are eroding traditional middle class living standards.
    技术和全球化正在侵蚀传统的中产阶级生活标准。
28. I grew up on the lower end of the middle class.
    我成长在一个中产阶级中的下层。
29. This tax bears down on the lower middle class.
    税务压倒了中产阶级的下层。

noun

1. the social class between the lower and upper classes

   Synonym:    bourgeoisie