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单词 prole
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Definition of prole in English:

prole

noun prəʊlproʊl
derogatory, informal
  • A member of the working class.

    工人阶级成员;工人

    the proles live in no-go areas with no jobs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For he really did believe capitalism controls the proles not by physical oppression but by bread and circuses, by cultural debasement - or ‘dumbing down’ as we now nervously say.
    • The new communist masters decided that Skoda would produce cars for the proles while the politburo and their apparatchiks would get a new luxury saloon built by Tatra.
    • Party members were tightly controlled, but the inner party made no attempt to turn the proles from spasmodic mob into party members.
    • Social services for the proles are provided either by the individual prole, through savings after taxes, through families, or through churches.
    • Their betters are frustrated when people refuse to act like proles and insist on thinking they're just citizens.
    • With the proles lining up twenty-deep at Mickey D's, can Europe be far behind?
    • The rich will not bat an eyelid at paying £5 if it clears a few of the proles out of their way.
    • Does he think that only hapless and gullible proles sign up for the Marines?
    • The resulting exclusionary policies, when practiced by all or most localities, drive landless proles from pillar to post until they become so desperate they will serve landowner-employers for very little.
    • No sooner has a cease-fire been signed than it is broken, and Big Brother in either case exhorts the citizens, known as proles, to make ever greater sacrifices, especially their liberty.
    Synonyms
    working-class person, worker, working person, plebeian, commoner, ordinary person, man in the street, person in the street, woman in the street
adjective prəʊlproʊl
derogatory, informal
  • Working class.

    工人阶级的

    prole soldiers

    出身工人阶级的士兵。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The types ranged through the British class system; actors rarely shuttled between posh parts and prole roles.
    • It's largely in deference to prole sensibilities that buildings have no thirteenth floor and that thirteen is skipped over when racing cars are numbered.
    • Besides, the characters are too upwardly mobile for a standard prole opera.

Origin

Late 19th century: abbreviation of proletariat.

Rhymes

barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole

Definition of prole in US English:

prole

nounproʊlprōl
derogatory, informal
  • A member of the working class; a worker.

    工人阶级成员;工人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Party members were tightly controlled, but the inner party made no attempt to turn the proles from spasmodic mob into party members.
    • The new communist masters decided that Skoda would produce cars for the proles while the politburo and their apparatchiks would get a new luxury saloon built by Tatra.
    • With the proles lining up twenty-deep at Mickey D's, can Europe be far behind?
    • Their betters are frustrated when people refuse to act like proles and insist on thinking they're just citizens.
    • Does he think that only hapless and gullible proles sign up for the Marines?
    • The rich will not bat an eyelid at paying £5 if it clears a few of the proles out of their way.
    • For he really did believe capitalism controls the proles not by physical oppression but by bread and circuses, by cultural debasement - or ‘dumbing down’ as we now nervously say.
    • Social services for the proles are provided either by the individual prole, through savings after taxes, through families, or through churches.
    • No sooner has a cease-fire been signed than it is broken, and Big Brother in either case exhorts the citizens, known as proles, to make ever greater sacrifices, especially their liberty.
    • The resulting exclusionary policies, when practiced by all or most localities, drive landless proles from pillar to post until they become so desperate they will serve landowner-employers for very little.
    Synonyms
    working-class person, worker, working person, plebeian, commoner, ordinary person, man in the street, person in the street, woman in the street
adjectiveproʊlprōl
derogatory, informal
  • Working-class.

    工人阶级的

    prole soldiers

    出身工人阶级的士兵。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Besides, the characters are too upwardly mobile for a standard prole opera.
    • It's largely in deference to prole sensibilities that buildings have no thirteenth floor and that thirteen is skipped over when racing cars are numbered.
    • The types ranged through the British class system; actors rarely shuttled between posh parts and prole roles.

Origin

Late 19th century: abbreviation of proletariat.

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