This is a sign of my economic status: I don't have to work. It is middle and lower-class women who do not get to observe purdah in this way.

但这恰好是我经济地位的标志：,我不需要工作，只有中下阶层的女人,才像这样不遵守深闺的习俗。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So lower-class people--now what happens, though, when you have--see your clients, your freedmen, your sons, your daughters, all these are part of this pyramid structure, and they all benefit from a strong paterfamilias, and he benefits by having a strong household and a large household.

所以低社会阶级的人。。。情况是。。。,你的被庇护人，自由人，儿子，女儿，都属于金字塔结构之一，他们都受益于强大的家长，家长也受益于强大家户。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So the Romans, for example, outlawed volunteer fire departments, in local places, because they were afraid that volunteer fire departments could be a place where locals, especially maybe lower-class locals, could get together and then start gossiping about what they could do to cause trouble for the Romans.

所以罗马人会，比如，会驱逐当地志愿消防部门，因为他们担心志愿消防部门,会成为当地人，尤其是下层阶级集会的场所，在那谋划如何,给罗马人制造麻烦。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

They didn't care about the lower-class really.

他们不在乎下层阶级。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The lower-class didn't really count much.

下层阶级不是很重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选