the lower classes
noun [ plural ] old-fashioned uk/ˌləʊ.ə ˈklɑː.sɪz/ us/ˌloʊ.ɚ ˈklæs.ɪz/
社会底层的人，下层的人
the people who belong to the social class that has the lowest position in society and the least money.
As inflation continues to rise, the lower classes will suffer. 随着通货膨胀继续上升，下层社会将会受苦。
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- People who already earned the most gained more in wages than those workers in the middle and lower classes, according to the report.
- The upper classes don't want the lower classes to succeed.
- Because of their disgusting treatment of the lower classes, they carried the country to catastrophe.
- In short order, the upper echelons of patrons and priests in the society lived off the work of the lower classes.