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class /klɑːs/ (classing,classed,classes)

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. 他不得不在一个比他小的学生的班上呆了大约六个月。
2. N-COUNT A class is a course of teaching in a particular subject. 课程
He acquired a law degree by taking classes at night. 他通过上晚上的课获得了法律学位。
3. N-COUNT A class of things is a group of them with similar characteristics. 种类
Harbour staff noticed that measurements given for the same class of boats often varied. 港口员工们注意到对同一类小船所给出的尺寸经常不同。
4. N-UNCOUNT If you do something in class, you do it during a lesson in school. 课
There is lots of reading in class. 课上有大量阅读。
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. 我曾见过的最高雅的女人–从各种意义上讲她都有品位。
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. 同届学生
These two members of Yale's Class of '57 never miss a reunion. 这两位耶鲁57届的同学从未错过一次重聚联欢会。
7. N-VAR Class refers to the division of people in a society into groups according to their social status. 阶级
...the relationship between social classes. …社会阶级间的关系。
What it will do is create a whole new ruling class. 它要做的就是创造一个全新的统治阶级。
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…归类为
Since they can and do successfully inter-breed, they cannot be classed as different species. 既然它们能够而且确实可以成功杂交繁殖，它们就不能被归为不同的物种。
I class myself as an ordinary working person. 我把自己归类为一名普通的劳动者。
10. →see also business class , first-class ,second-class , world-class

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剑桥词典

class noun (TEACHING GROUP)

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 .

class noun (ECONOMIC GROUP)

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.