英语单词“squeezed middle”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 squeezed middle 释义 squeezed middlenoun[S,+sing/pl verb]politicsUKspecializeduk/?skwi?zd ?m?d.?l/us/?skwi?zd ?m?d.?l/thegroupofpeopleinsocietywho are not on verylowincomesbut have lessmoneythan before tobuythe things they need becausepriceshaverisenbuttheirincomeshavestayedthe same:Thesqueezedmiddlefeelthat they areexperiencingas mucheconomicpressureastheirworking-classneighbours.Theproposalwilldrivethousands ofpoorandsqueezedmiddlefamiliesout oftheirhomesindesirableareas.

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• They own acateringcompany, but it isstrugglingand theyconsiderthemselvesmembersof thesqueezedmiddle.
• They werewarnedtoignoreEngland'ssqueezedmiddlevotersattheirperil.
• The hollowing out ofemploymentandstagnationofwagesinmediumskilledbutroutineworkhasresultedin thesqueezedmiddlephenomenon.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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• banausic
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• John Doe
• John Q. Public
• man/woman of the peopleidiom
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• mortal
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• the common manidiom
• the man/woman in the streetidiom
• the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom

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(Definition ofsqueezed middlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/squeezed-middle##