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Bourgeois Bour·Geois Class Society ˈbʊəʒwɑː Belonging Noun Typical

Bourgeois describes someone or something associated with the middle class, often in a disapproving way, implying conventionality and materialism. In Marxist terms, it refers to the capitalist class.

Bourgeois can describe someone or something as belonging to the middle class, often with a negative connotation of being conventional or materialistic. It can also refer to the capitalist system or class from a Marxist perspective.

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/bʊ͟ə(r)ʒwɑː/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]传统中产阶级的(含贬义) If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
  [disapproval]
  • He's accusing them of having a bourgeois and limited vision.

    他指责他们像中产阶级一样目光狭隘。

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[ADJ 形容词](马克思主义者所指的)资本主义的,资产阶级的 Marxists use bourgeois when referring to the capitalist system and to the social class that owns most of the wealth in that system.
  [TECHNICAL 术语]
  • ...the modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society...

    从封建社会的废墟上发展起来的现代资本主义社会

  • His privileged bourgeois family insisted on a good education.

    他那优越的资产阶级家庭坚持让他接受良好的教育。

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See also:
petit bourgeois
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    Oxford bour·geois / ˈbʊəʒwɑː ; ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː ; NAmE ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː ; ˈbʊrʒwɑː / adjective 1 belonging to the middle class 中产阶级的 ◆ a traditional bourgeois family 一个传统的中产阶级家庭 ☞see also
    petit bourgeois
    2 ( disapproving) interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values 追求名利且平庸的;世俗的 ◆ bourgeois attitudes/tastes 世俗的态度╱趣味 ◆ They've become very bourgeois since they got married. 他们结婚后变得十分庸俗。 3 ( politics 政 ) supporting the interests of capitalism 资产阶级的;资本家的 ◆ bourgeois ideology 资产阶级意识形态 ▶ bour·geois noun ( plural bour·geois )
    bour·geois / ˈbʊəʒwɑː ; ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː ; NAmE ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː ; ˈbʊrʒwɑː /
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    bourgeoisbour‧geois /ˈbʊəʒwɑː $ bʊrˈʒwɑː/ adjective
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    1belonging to the middle class:  She came from a bourgeois family. bourgeois morality2too interested in having a lot of possessions and a high position in society:  the backlash against bourgeois materialism3belonging to or typical of the part of society that is rich, educated, owns land etc, according to Marxism → proletarian—bourgeois noun [countable] →
    petty bourgeois
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    bourgeois

    [ˈbʊəʒwɑ:]

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    资产阶级的(74%),中产阶级的(15%),中产阶级的人(6%),资产阶级的人(3%),追求名利的(2%)
    n.资本家;九点活字;中产阶级的人;追求物质享受和社会地位者
    adj.资产阶级的;中产阶级的;贪图享受的
    n.(Bourgeois)人名;(英、法、德)布儒瓦

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