意外吧?这是上个月的英坛热门话题。不妨参考一下维基

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在英国,中产阶级的定义就是如此,子女要上私利,有很大的house,一家人常去豪华度假,在企业任高层职位或者自己开公司。这跟其他国家的定义不同。


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class

In the United Kingdom their equivalents would likely be termed working class, because the level required to be middle class is commonly believed to be set much higher - and may include private schooling for children, ownership of a sizeable family house, luxuries such as family skiing holidays, and the main income-earner either holding a senior role in the professions or themselves being an owner/director of a corporation.