英国中产阶级一般住哪（你是上层阶级中产阶级）

英国中产阶级一般住哪（你是上层阶级中产阶级）v. 停滞、淤塞stagnateIt warns of a destabilising impact if this section of society - defined as earning between 75% and 200% of the average income - continues to feel that prosperity is slipping away.In the UK almost 60% of people live in households classified as being in this middle-income group.From an international perspective the OECD shows a changing economic model in which high earners have ac

Middle-class families are seeing their incomes stagnating as they are squeezed by the ultra-rich taking a bigger slice says an international report from the OECD economics think tank.The report says the middle classes are being "hollowed out" with declining chances of rising prosperity and growing fears of job insecurity.

经合组织经济智库表示，巨富阶层不断摄取社会财富，中产阶级深陷收入停滞，中产变“中空”，财富累积希望渺茫，为保工作饭碗，日夜恐慌。

The OECD says there will be political consequences for Western countries.It says middle classes have often been the "bedrock of democracy”.Against a background of political populism and concerns about rising extremism the report says that traditionally moderate middle-class families are feeling "left behind" and are increasingly likely to support "anti-establishment" movements.

经合组织表示，这一经济现象也会波及西欧政治。一直以来，中产阶级是“民主的柱石”。正是因为普通中产家庭感觉自身为时代所抛弃，转而支持“反体制”运动，因此西欧才会出现民粹主义与令人忧心不已的极端主义。

It warns of a destabilising impact if this section of society - defined as earning between 75% and 200% of the average income - continues to feel that prosperity is slipping away.

In the UK almost 60% of people live in households classified as being in this middle-income group.From an international perspective the OECD shows a changing economic model in which high earners have accelerated upwards while those in the middle have seen "dismal income growth" or a falling back.

中产阶级通常定义为0.75-2倍平均收入的群体，经合组织认为如果这一群体日益感觉繁荣日益消逝，必会造成社会不稳定。在英国，中产阶级占社会群体的60%。在全球层面，经合组织也发现高收入阶层财富不断积累，而中产阶层财富积累却几乎停滞，甚至出现财富流失现象。

stagnate

v. 停滞、淤塞

squeeze

v. 挤、压榨

slice

n. 薄片、部分

bedrock

n. 基岩、根底

extremism

n. 极端主义、极端性

moderate

adj. 稳健的、温和的

establishment

n. 确立、制定、体制

accelerate

v. 促进、加速

①Middle-class families are seeing their incomes stagnating ②as they are squeezed by the ultra-rich③taking a bigger slice.

解析：①Middle-class……stagnating：主句，陈述中产阶级收入停滞的事实；②as……ultra……rich：as引导的时间状语从句，表明同时间，巨富阶层的发生的事；③taking……slice：等同于which takes，现在分词结构作定语，表明巨富阶层的在同时间积累了更多的财富。

①Against a background of political populism and concerns about rising extremism ②the report says that③traditionally moderate middle-class families are feeling "left behind" and are increasingly likely to support "anti-establishment" movements.

解析：①against……extremism：against a background，固定搭配表示大背景如何；②the report……that：主句，此份报告显示；③traditionally……movements：宾语从句内容，表示中产阶级的想法。

简说：中产阶级——焦虑贩卖机

曾经，中产阶级代表着体面的教育，良好的收入和优渥的生活，而如今，中产这一说法似乎成为了大城市人们自嘲的概念——它逐渐成为“社会夹心饼干”的代名词。之所以会有如此变化，原因之一在于中国的中产阶级太过依赖房产。例如低财富成年人的品平均财富仅为1.1万美元；而且金融资产比重过低，房产配置的财富比重过高，甚至达到79.5%。也难怪中产阶级在把自身的财富转化成一堆砖头之后，感到“有苦难言、生活难捱”了。

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