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class ECONOMIC GROUPHklB:s, $klAsna group of people within society who have the same economic and social position阶级，社会等级The Labour Party has lost a lot of support among the working class. [U]工党失去了工人阶级的许多支持。She belongs to the rich American upper class and spends her time having lunch with friends and doing charity work. [U]她属于美国富裕的上层阶级，把时间花在和朋友共进午餐和做慈善工作上面。We live in a middle class neighbourhood.我们住在一个中产阶级居住的地区。She comes from an upper middle class background.她有着中上层阶级的背景。He was a member of the ruling classes. [C]他是统治阶级中的一员。The British are thought to be very aware of class distinctions (=differences).人们认为英国人对于社会等级差别相当敏感。Class should not be the sole factor in determining an individual's success in life. [U]社会等级不应当成为决定一个人在生活中是否成功的唯一因素。She's studying the class structure of Japan.她在研究日本的阶级结构。If someone is class-conscious, they are very aware of belonging to a particular social class and of the differences between the various social classes.阶级意识强烈，社会等级意识强烈America is perceived of as being less class-conscious than Britain.人们认为美国人社会等级意识没有英国人强烈。According to Marxists, class conflict/struggle is a continuing fight between the CAPITALIST class and the working class for political and economic power.阶级斗争"Like many of the Upper Class / He liked the Sound of Broken Glass" (from the poem 'About John' in New Cautionary Tales by Hilaire Belloc, 1930)“像许多上层阶级的人一样/他喜欢听玻璃杯碎裂的声音”（选自希莱尔·贝洛克《新警诫故事》中的“关于约翰”一诗）[UNDERCLASS]
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