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the precariat
noun[ S, + sing/pl verb ]
uk /prɪˈkeə.ri.ət/ us /prɪˈker.i.ət/
the class of people who are poor and do not have secure jobs (= ones that are likely to continue for a long time): （贫困、没有固定工作的）朝不保夕的人
After 20 years in the same job, I entered the precariat.在同一份工作做了二十年之后，我突然变得朝不保夕。
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proletariat
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arriviste
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go/come down in the worldidiom
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petit bourgeois
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pleb
plebby
the bottom of the heapidiom
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