| 单词 | middling interest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddling interest middling interest n. now historical = middle class n. ΚΠ 1857 E. M. Stone Life of Howland vii. 137 He resolved on attempting to arrest this hostility by creating..a correct public sentiment, and by overlaying it with what is..denominated a ‘middling interest’ influence. 1873 S. A. Drake Old Landmarks & Hist. Personages Boston x. 318 The Haymarket was built by his friends. It was designed to accommodate the middling interest, but the town could not support two theatres. 1987 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 74 818 Both were challenged by a rising ‘middling interest’ beneath which rumbled a mass of mechanics and artisans. < as lemmas |
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