1 N-COUNT 班级;班 A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together. 班级;班
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He had to spend about six months in a class with younger students.
他不得不和一群比他小的学生在一个班里上了约6个月的课。
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Reducing class sizes should be a top priority.
削减班级规模应该是首选方案。
SYN form [British] , grade, study group, band
2 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN] 课;课程 A class is a course of teaching in a particular subject. 课;课程
3 N-UNCOUNT [in NOUN] 课堂;上课时间 If you do something in class, you do it during a lesson in school. 课堂;上课时间
4 N-SING (学校的)…届毕业生 The students in a school or university who finish their course in a particular year are often referred to as the class of that year. (学校的)…届毕业生
5 N-VAR 社会等级;阶级;阶层 Class refers to the division of people in a society into groups according to their social status. 社会等级;阶级;阶层
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...the relationship between social classes.
社会阶级关系
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What it will do is create a whole new ruling class.
它的作用就是创造一个全新的统治阶级。
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...the characteristics of the British class structure.
英国阶级结构的特点
SYN group, grouping, set, order
6See also:chattering classes middle class upper class working class
7 N-COUNT 类别;种类;等级 A class of things is a group of them with similar characteristics. 类别;种类;等级
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Harbour staff noticed that measurements given for the same class of boats often varied.
港口工作人员注意到，对同一类船舶的测量方法常常不一样。
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...the division of the stars into six classes of brightness. [+ of]
按照亮度将恒星分为6个等级
8 VERB 把…归类;把…视为 If someone or something is classed as a particular thing, they are regarded as belonging to that group of things. 把…归类;把…视为
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Since the birds interbreed they cannot be classed as different species.
由于这些鸟进行杂交繁殖，不能把它们归为不同的物种。
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I class myself as an ordinary working person. [V pron-refl + as]
我把自己当作一个普通的上班族。
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I would class my garden as medium in size. [VERB noun + as]
我的花园只能算是中等大小。
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Malaysia wants to send back refugees classed as economic migrants. [V-ed + as]
马来西亚想遣返那些被归为经济移民的难民。
SYN classify, group, rate, rank
9 N-UNCOUNT 优雅;典雅;风度;品位 If you say that someone or something has class, you mean that they are elegant and sophisticated. 优雅;典雅;风度;品位 [informal, approval]
10 ADJ [ADJ n] 一流的;出类拔萃的 If you describe someone or something as a class person or thing, you mean that they are very good. 一流的;出类拔萃的 [journalism, informal]
SYN excellent, expert, good, great
11 See also: business class first-class second-class third-class top-class world-class
12 PHRASE [NOUN inflects] 出类拔萃的人物(指运动员、演奏者等) If you say that someone such as a sports player or a performer is a class act, you mean that they are very good at what they do. 出类拔萃的人物(指运动员、演奏者等) [mainly journalism, informal]
13 PHRASE 独领风骚的;独一无二的;出类拔萃的 If someone is in a class of their own, they have more of a particular skill or quality than anyone else. If something is in a class of its own, it is better than any other similar thing. 独领风骚的;独一无二的;出类拔萃的
Quotations
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto
There are but two families in the world as my grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate Cecil Frances Alexander All Things Bright and Beautiful
| Word Partnership | Use class with: |
| N. | class for beginners, class size, students in a class 1 leisure class, class struggle, working class 5 |
| VERB. | take a class, teach a class 1 2 |
| ADJ. | social class 5 |
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