| 单词 | educated class |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseducated class educated class n. (in singular and plural) members of society who have received a good education; educated people considered collectively. ΚΠ 1802 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No., 20 Jan. 574/2 Combinations of voters were formed, which often proposed to extend the right of suffrage to all the educated classes. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 285 How deeply the prejudices of the multitude imbued the educated class also. 1937 W. B. Yeats Let. 8 Feb. (1954) 880 He says that in England the educated classes are politics-mad. 1992 Etc Montréal No. 20. 31/2 During the reform and counter-revolution the bourgeoisie and educated class were imprisoned and their property confiscated. 2001 New Yorker 28 May 136/2 Moses fell victim to the sterile categories of ‘naive’ and ‘outsider’ and ‘self-taught’—labels that the educated classes use to protect a culture of credentials. < as lemmas |
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