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tradespeople 商人們;〔集合詞〕零售商販;零售商販的家屬。

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The lower strata of the middle class - - the small tradespeople , shopkeepers , retired tradesmen generally , the handicraftsmen and peasants - - all these sink gradually into the proletariat , partly because their diminutive capital does not suffice for the scale on which modern industry is carried on , and is swamped in the competition with the large capitalists , partly because their specialized skill is rendered worthless by the new methods of production 以前的中間等級的下層,即小工業家、小商人和小食利者,手工業者和農民- - - -所有這些階級都降落到無產階級的隊伍里來了,有的是因為他們的小資本不足以經營大工業,經不起較大資本家的競爭;有的是因為他們的手藝已經被新的生產方法弄得不值錢了。

But he was as exacting as a boarder ; he wanted everything for his three francs - butter , meat , early fruit and early vegetables - and if she ventured to make an observation , if she hinted that you could not have everything in the market for three francs , he flew into a temper and treated her as a useless , wasteful woman , a confounded donkey whom the tradespeople were robbing 但是,男人付了錢,條件是很苛刻的他拿出三個法郎,什么都要吃到,黃油,肉,時鮮蔬菜和水果,她若膽敢對他提點意見,說三個法郎不能把菜場里的東西都買下來,他就大發雷霆,罵她是個沒用的女仆,只會瞎花錢的女人,該死的蠢貨,錢都被商人騙去了。

Why , the gentry and the tradespeople are all gone , and we are left to perish “甚么喲,老爺和商人都走光了,為了這個我們卻要犧牲的。

And quite a change from tradespeople 和商人的家庭很不一樣

You seemed to like tradespeople well enough lastyear 去年的時候你好像還挺喜歡商人的