| 单词 | the masses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe masses b. the masses: the populace, the ordinary people, esp. as viewed in an economic or political context.The formerly common antithesis with ‘the classes’ seems to have been first used by Gladstone in 1886. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 1837 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 174 One of the few proofs of good Taste that ‘the masses’, as they are called, have yet given. 1863 W. Phillips Speeches vi. 139 The masses are governed more by impulse than conviction. 1887 M. Arnold Kaiser Dead vii Since 'gainst the classes, He heard, of late, the Grand Old Man Incite the masses. 1901 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery xvi. 287 My visit to England gave me a higher regard for the nobility than I had had. I had no idea that they were so generally loved and respected by the masses. 1937 H. G. Wells Star Begotten viii. 157 All these impulses towards slavish subjection to..mystical personifications like the People, My Country Right or Wrong, the Church, the Party, the Masses, the Proletariat. 1961 B. G. M. Sundkler Bantu Prophets S. Afr. (ed. 2) 172 H. with a great deal of flair for stage management..led the masses until, more than a year later, R. gave the hint that he was available. 1985 ‘J. Higgins’ Confessional (1986) x. 175 Cussane liked seaside towns, especially the ones that catered for the masses. < as lemmas |
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