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the chattering classes
noun[ plural ]
UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˈtʃæt.ə.rɪŋ ˌklɑː.sɪz / us /ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ ˌklæs.ɪz /
well-educated middle-class people who enjoy discussing political, cultural, and social matters and who express opinions on a lot of subjects闲聊阶层（指喜爱谈论政治、文化、社会问题，对各种问题发表意见的受过良好教育的中产阶级）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Class & class-consciousness in general
anti-bourgeois
anti-snob
arriviste
bougie
gentrify
go/come down in the worldidiom
go/come up in the worldidiom
heap
petty bourgeois
pleb
plebby
plebeian
the bottom of the heapidiom
the gentry
the petite bourgeoisie
the upper crust
underclass
ungenteel
ungentrified
upper class
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