bourgeois

bourgeois
[ˈbʊəʒwɑː]
adjective
  1. of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes
    中产阶级的,具有中产阶级保守特性的
    a rich, bored, bourgeois family.
    一个富有、乏味的中产阶级家庭。
    these views will shock the bourgeois critics.
    这些观点会使那些中产阶级的评论家感到震惊。
    ■(in Marxist contexts) upholding the interests of capitalism; not communist
    (马克思主义理论中的)资产阶级的,资本家的;非共产主义的
    bourgeois society took for granted the sanctity of property.
    资本主义社会认为保护私有财产神圣性是理所当然的。
(复同单)
  1. a bourgeois person
    资产阶级分子;中产阶级分子
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French, from late Latin burgus 'castle' (in medieval Latin 'fortified town'), ultimately of Germanic origin and related to boroughCompare with burgess
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