proletariat
n
the proletariat[Gp]
1 (sometimes derog 有時作貶義) class of (esp industrial and manual) workers who do not own the means of production and earn their living by working for wages 無產階級; (尤指)工人階級
The dictatorship of the proletariat is one of the aims of Communism. 無產階級專政是共產主義的目標之一. Cf 參看 bourgeoisie (bourgeois).
2 (in ancient Rome) lowest class of citizen, owning no property (古羅馬)民眾中一無所有的最下層階級.