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.
[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; NAmEˌbʊrˈʒwɑː;ˈbʊrʒwɑː/adjective1belonging 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·geoisnoun(pluralbour·geois)bour·geois/ˈbʊəʒwɑː;ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː; NAmEˌbʊrˈʒwɑː;ˈbʊrʒwɑː/
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] →