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bourgeoisie

/boor-zhwah-zee; French boor-zhwa-zee/US // ˌbʊər ʒwɑˈzi; French bur ʒwaˈzi //UK // (ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː) //

资产阶级,资产阶层,阶级资产阶级

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the bourgeois class.
    • : the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values.

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Examples

  • The only thing missing from this bill of particulars was elimination of the bourgeoisie.

  • They center around two white bourgeoisie women who are the fish out of a water and love proving they can be that dehydrated fish.

  • First we have to over-throw the bourgeoisie through revolution and change the relations of production.

  • Raised in a sophisticated Jewish family, an integral part of the Prague haute bourgeoisie, her father was a wealthy banker.

  • But if Portnoy is himself our satirist, he is merely shocking the bourgeoisie in rather conventional ways.

  • He was the fourth son of a good bourgeoisie family of Autun, a faithful prelate, an obstinate Royalist and a man of intelligence.

  • Although a bourgeoisie of strict ideas, Mme. du Bruel welcomed the dancer Tullia, who became her daughter-in-law.

  • Nevertheless she continued to play the lady of propriety and found entrance into bourgeoisie society.

  • Her family—that of the bourgeoisie of Nancy—fooled Castanier about the size of her dowry and her "expectations."

  • The book stirred literary France to its depths, and shook bourgeoisie France with horror.