1. 工人阶级;劳动阶级;工薪阶层
    The working class or the working classes are the group of people in a society who do not own much property, who have low social status, and who do jobs which involve using physical skills rather than intellectual skills.

    e.g. A quarter of the working class voted for him.
           工薪阶层中有1/4的人投票支持他。
    e.g. ...increased levels of home ownership among the working classes.
           工薪阶层中住房自有率的提高

1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

    e.g. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

    Synonym: laborlabourproletariat