| 单词 | sandwich class |
| 释义 | > as lemmassandwich class sandwich class n. a class of people characterized as having moderate incomes; esp. (chiefly Hong Kong English) a class of people whose incomes exceed the limits for public housing but who cannot afford to purchase private homes; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1980 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 13 Sept. 14/1 (signature of letter) Sandwich Class. 1981 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 19 May 9/3 By helping some 2,000 ‘sandwich class’ families own their own home at Butterfly Beach in Tuen Mun the Government is also helping itself. 1990 Herald (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. Mr Foster-Bunch believes this would benefit the ‘sandwich class’, who tend to avoid asking for legal advice because they are not poor enough for legal aid and not rich enough to bear possibly huge legal costs. 2012 Wong Hung in Lam Wai-Man et al. Contemp. Hong Kong Govt. & Politics (new ed.) xiii. 284 A total of 5,000 flats will be provided for lease to sandwich-class home buyers at prevailing market rent. < as lemmas |
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