0 a group of students who are taught together at school, college, or university -- 班;班级
Classes have been cancelled today because of a staff meeting. 因为有全体教工会议,今天的课取消了。
Who takes/teaches your environmental studies class? 谁教你们环境学?
I was told off for talking in class. 我因为在课堂上讲话而受到了严厉批评。
My last class ends at four o'clock. 我最后一堂课4点结束。
[ as form of address ] Okay, class, settle down and open your books. 好了,同学们,安静下来,打开书本。
My class (= the people in my class) was/were rather noisy this morning. 我的班里今天早上很吵。
She gave the whole class extra homework for a week. 她给全班额外布置了一星期的家庭作业。
Which class are you in this year? 今年你在哪个班?
1 a group of people within society who have the same economic and social position -- 社会等级;阶级;阶层
She comes from an upper middle class background. 她出身于中上层阶级家庭。
We live in a middle class neighbourhood. 我们住在一个中产阶级居住区。
The Labour Party has lost a lot of support among the working class. 工党失去了工人阶级中许多人的支持。
2 a group into which goods, services, or people are put according to their standard -- (货物、服务或人的)等级,类别,级别
I can't play chess with him. He's completely out of my class! 我没法跟他对弈。他水平比我高多了!
As a long-distance runner, she's in a class of her own. 作为一名长跑选手,她是一流的。
He was charged with possession of a class A drug, namely heroin. 他被控持有一种A类毒品,即海洛因。
He graduated with a second-class honours degree in physics. 他以物理学二等优秀学位毕业。
What class of degree did you get? 你得的是几等学位?
When it comes to mathematics, he's in a different class to his peers. 说到数学,他和他的同龄人不在一个级别上。
first/second class mail 一类/二类邮件
Whenever I travel by train, I always travel first class. 我每次乘火车旅行都坐头等车厢。
3 the quality of being stylish or fashionable -- 风度;时髦;优雅
She's got real class. 她的确风姿优雅。
4 a group of related plants or animals, in the general classification of plants and animals -- (植物或动物分类的)纲
5 to consider someone or something to belong to a particular group because of their qualities -- 把…归类;把…分级
When it comes to cooking, Jane's in a different class to the rest of us.
Most of the girls were good at drawing, but Jenny was in a class of her own.
In those days people were expected to marry someone from their own social class.
The working class usually reacts in a predictable way to government policies.
The upper middle class tend to go into business or the professions, becoming, for example, lawyers, doctors, or accountants.