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class
n
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(a) [CGp] group of people at the same social or economic level 阶级; 阶层; 社会等级
the working/middle/upper class 工人阶级[中产阶级/上层社会]
the professional class(es) 专业阶层.
(b) [U] system that divides people into such groups 阶级制度
[attrib 作定语]
class differences, distinctions, divisions, etc 阶级差别、 界限、 划分.
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(a) [CGp] group of students taught together 班级
We were in the same class at school. 我们上学时在同一班.
Form 4 is/are a difficult class to teach. 四年级很难教.
(b) [C] occasion when this group meets to be taught; lesson 上课; 课
I have a maths class at 9 o´clock. 我9点钟有数学课.
(c) [CGp] (US) group of students who finish their studies at school or university in a particular year (毕业生的)同届
the class of ´82 1982年届.
3 [C] set of people, animals or things grouped together, esp according to quality 级, 等, 等级, 种类(尤指按质量划分的)
As an actress Jane is not in the same class as (ie is not as good as) Susan. 作为演员, 简不如苏珊.
[attrib 作定语]
a top-class athlete 一流运动员.
4 [U] (infml 口) high quality; excellence; distinction 高质量; 优秀; 优异
She´s got (a lot of) class. 她(实在)很有气质.
[attrib 作定语]
a class (tennis) player 优秀(网球)运动员.
5 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) one of several different levels of comfort, etc available to travellers in a train, plane, bus, etc (火车、 飞机、 公共汽车等的)等级: first class
tourist class * [attrib 作定语]
a second-class compartment, eg on a train.
6 [C] (Brit) (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) one of several grades of achievement in a university degree examination (大学学位考试成绩的)等级
a first- third-class (honours) degree.
7 [C] (biology 生) second highest group into which animals and plants are divided, below a phylum and including several orders (order1 9) (动植物分类的)纲. Cf 参看 family 4, genus 1, species. 1.
8 (idm 习语) in a class of one´s/its `own; in a class by one`self/it`self better than everyone/anything else of his/its kind; unequalled 独一无二; 无以伦比
Pele was in a class of his own as a footballer. 贝利是举世无双的足球健将. class, v [Tn, Cn.n/a]
~ sb/sth (as sth) place sb/sth in a class(1b); classify sb/sth 将某人[某事物]归入某类; 把...分类
Immigrant workers were classed as resident aliens. 移民来的工人已归入外侨类.
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