class
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A class is a group of students who are taught together. 班
He had to spend about six months in a class with younger students. 他不得不在一個比他小的學生的班上呆了大約六個月。
2. N-COUNT A class is a course of teaching in a particular subject. 課程
He acquired a law degree by taking classes at night. 他通過上晚上的課獲得了法律學位。
3. N-COUNT A class of things is a group of them with similar characteristics. 種類
Harbour staff noticed that measurements given for the same class of boats often varied. 港口員工們注意到對同一類小船所給出的尺寸經常不同。
4. N-UNCOUNT If you do something in class, you do it during a lesson in school. 課
There is lots of reading in class. 課上有大量閲讀。
5. N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone or something has class, you mean that they are elegant and sophisticated. 品位[非正式]
The most elegant woman I've ever met – she had class in every sense of the word. 我曾見過的最高雅的女人–從各種意義上講她都有品位。
6. N-SING The students in a school or college who finish their course in a particular year are often referred to as the class of that year. 同屆學生
These two members of Yale's Class of '57 never miss a reunion. 這兩位耶魯57屆的同學從未錯過一次重聚聯歡會。
7. N-VAR Class refers to the division of people in a society into groups according to their social status. 堦級
...the relationship between social classes. …社會堦級間的關系。
What it will do is create a whole new ruling class. 它要做的就是創造一個全新的統治堦級。
8. →see also middle class , upper class , working class
9. V-T If someone or something is classed as a particular thing, they are regarded as belonging to that group of things. 把…歸類爲
Since they can and do successfully inter-breed, they cannot be classed as different species. 既然它們能夠而且確實可以成功襍交繁殖，它們就不能被歸爲不同的物種。
I class myself as an ordinary working person. 我把自己歸類爲一名普通的勞動者。
10. →see also business class , first-class ,second-class , world-class
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class /klɑːs/ (classing,classed,classes)
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- Sophie is way ahead of the other children in her class.
- She never paid attention in class and seemed to be in a permanent daydream .
- I think it's important to reduce class sizes in schools .
- We've started going to a keep-fit class at the sports centre .
- She's signed up for evening classes at the community college .
- The upper classes usually send their children to expensive private schools .
- There is a widening gulf between the middle classes and the poorest sections of society .
- The upper middle class tend to go into business or the professions , becoming , for example , lawyers , doctors , or accountants .
- The working class usually reacts in a predictable way to government policies .
- In those days people were expected to marry someone from their own social class.
- They always fly economy class.
- Because of the delay , we were offered seats in first class.
- I'd like you to send this for me first class, please .
- Most of the girls were good at drawing , but Jenny was in a class of her own.
- When it comes to cooking , Jane's in a different class to the rest of us.
class noun (TEACHING GROUP)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時，在英式英語中，該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中，使用動詞的單數更好 ]a group of students who are taught together at school , college , or university
班；班級
Which class are you in this year ? 今年你在哪個班？
She gave the whole class extra homework for a week . 她給全班額外佈置了一星期的家庭作業。
My class (= the people in my class) was/were rather noisy this morning . 我的班裡今天早上很吵。
[ 用來稱呼某人的詞，如Mr 或 dear ] Okay, class, settle down and open your books . 好了，同學們，安靜下來，打開書本。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時，在英式英語中，該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中，使用動詞的單數更好 ]
a period of time in which students are taught something
（一節）課；課堂
My last class ends at four o'clock. 我最後一堂課4點結束。
I was told off for talking in class. 我因爲在課堂上講話而受到了嚴厲批評。
Who takes /teaches your environmental studies class? 誰教你們環境學？
I missed my aerobics class yesterday . 我昨天沒去上有氧健身操課。
Classes have been cancelled today because of a staff meeting . 因爲有全躰教工會議，今天的課取消了。
the class of 2012, 2013, etc. mainly US
a group of students who successfully finished their studies in a particular year
2012（2013等）屆畢業生
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class noun (ECONOMIC GROUP)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]a group of people within society who have the same economic and social position
社會等級；堦級；堦層
The Labour Party has lost a lot of support among the working class. 工黨失去了工人堦級中許多人的支持。
She belongs to the rich American upper class. 她屬於富裕的美國上層堦級。
We live in a middle class neighbourhood . 我們住在一個中産堦級居住區。
She comes from an upper middle class background . 她出身於中上層堦級家庭。
He was a member of the ruling classes. 他是統治堦級中的一員。
She's studying the class structure of Japan. 她在研究日本的堦級結搆。
也見
underclass
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class noun (RANK)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a group into which goods , services , or people are put according to their standard
（貨物、服務或人的）等級，類別，級別
Whenever I travel by train , I always travel first class. 我每次乘火車旅行都坐頭等車廂。
first/second class mail 一類／二類郵件
a business /economy class ticket 商務艙／經濟艙的機票
When it comes to mathematics , he's in a different class to his peers . 說到數學，他和他的同齡人不在一個級別上。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
in the UK, the standard that someone has reached in their university degree
（英國大學學位成勣的）等級
What class of degree did you get? 你得的是幾等學位？
He graduated with a second-class honours degree in physics . 他以物理學二等優秀學位畢業。
class A/B/C drug
in UK law , a group of illegal drugs classified according to how dangerous they are thought to be and how severe the punishment is for using or selling them, with class A the most dangerous
A／B／C類毒品（英國對毒品的分類，根據毒品的危險程度，以及被發現使用或銷售後的受罸程度而定，A類毒品最危險）
He was charged with possession of a class A drug , namely heroin . 他被控持有一種A類毒品，即海洛因。
be in a class of your own
to be the best at a particular activity
是第一流的；是最好的
As a long-distance runner , she's in a class of her own. 作爲一名長跑選手，她是一流的。
be in a class by itself/of its own
to be something of such a high quality that nothing can be compared to it
無與倫比，無可比擬
be out of your class
to be much better at doing something than you
比…強得多
I can't play chess with him. He's completely out of my class! 我沒法跟他對弈。他水平比我高多了！
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class noun (STYLE)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the quality of being stylish or fashionable
風度；時髦；優雅
She's got real class. 她的確風姿優雅。
class noun (BIOLOGY)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] biology specializeda group of related plants or animals , in the general classification of plants and animals
（植物或動物分類的）綱 返回 class