underclass
英 ['ʌndəklɑːs]
美['ʌndəklæs]
- n. 下层阶级，下层社会；一、二年级学生
词态变化
复数: underclasses;
英文词源
- underclass (n.)
- "subordinate social class," 1894, from under (adj.) + class (n.). A loan-translation of Swedish underklass.
双语例句
- 1. Welfare has become identified with the long-term poor, the underclass.
- 福利已经与长期贫困的下层社会联系在了一起。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass.
- 长期失业的人正形成新的贫困阶层。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The long - term unemployed now constitute a sort of underclass.
- 长期 失业人员现在构成了一个底层阶级.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The basic problems of the inner-city underclass are inadequate housing and lack of jobs.
- 老城区底层人群面临的基本问题是住房紧张和就业不足。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass.
- 他认为失业会造成社会分化,道致贫困阶层的产生.
来自《简明英汉词典》