treated as sing. or pl.
- the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work工人阶级：
the housing needs of the working classes.
工人阶级的住房需求。
- of, relating to, or characteristic of people belonging to such a group（与）工人阶级（有关）的：
a working-class community.
工人阶级社区。