| [/klɑːs; US klæs; klæs/] n 用法:
1 (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. 用法:
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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. 用法:
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. 用法:
4 [U] (infml) 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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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-[/second-/] third-class (honours) degree. 用法:
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. 用法:
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 2
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. |