| 单词 | middle-class morality |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddle-class morality 2. Characteristic of the middle class; having the characteristics of the middle classes. Esp. in middle-class morality. Frequently derogatory: cf. bourgeois adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois > characteristic of bourgeois1764 middle class1846 chintzy1851 middle-classy1926 gin and Jag1963 white bread1977 1846 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 9 309 The police-magistrates and the police-courts..will at once gain the support of a higher public opinion..and the assistance of men of middle-class intelligence. 1871 M. Arnold Friendship's Garland 71 Why do you call Mr. Hepworth Dixon's style middle-class Macaulayese? 1888 M. Tennant Let. 29 Aug. in K. Rose Superior Person (1969) xvi. 204 Will your middle-class method break down there? 1893 E. Saltus Madam Sapphira 106 Don't talk back, it is middle-class to begin with. 1905 A. V. Dicey Lect. Law & Publ. Opinion vi. 186 Benthamism was fundamentally a middle class creed. 1912 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion ii. 138 What is middle class morality? Just an excuse for never giving me anything. 1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up i. iii. 49 What should keep them apart?... Middle Class Morality? 1966 Punch 13 July 78/2 The tyranny of middle-class morality must be conquered, especially in the field of the homosexuality laws. 1975 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 8 Mar. 13/3 American society..has been a system based on middle-class values. 1999 Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 7/2 The Women's Royal Voluntary Service—a redoubt of understated middle-class philanthropy for more than 60 years. < as lemmas |
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