underclass

英 [ˈʌndəklɑːs]

美 [ˈʌndərklæs]

n.  社会底层; 贫困阶层

复数：underclasses　

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牛津词典

noun

• 社会底层；贫困阶层
  a social class that is very poor and has no status
  1. The long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass.
     长期失业的人正形成新的贫困阶层。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 下层社会；社会底层
  A country'sunderclassconsists of those members of its population who are poor, and who have little chance of improving their situation.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
  Synonym:lower class

双语例句

• It is from this "underclass," and those who take advantage of it, that most of the violence springs& the violence which is one of the least pleasant aspects of American society.
  也正是这个“社会底层”，有些人利用它，制造大部分暴力事件，这成为美国社会最不和谐的一个方面。
• The creation of a new underclass in China and its implications.
  中国新的下层阶级的产生和它的含意。
• "We are happy and proud that so many people think the music video represents heartfelt expression of migrant workers and the underclass," Wang said.
  王旭说：很多朋友认为我们的歌声能够真实表达了农民工以及弱势群体的心声，对此我们感到很高兴，也很自豪。
• The US underclass is bulging.
  美国的下层阶级人数正在扩大。
• London has an underclass ( a hateful word to the people in it, but no worse, and more accurate, than the poor).
  伦敦有一个下层阶级（对于属于这个阶级的人来说，这是一个令人厌恶的字眼；但它不比穷人这个字眼更糟，而且比穷人这个字眼更准确地体现了这个阶级的特性）。
• In a generation, they have descended from proud working class to demoralized underclass.
  仅仅经过一代人，他们便从自豪的工人阶级蜕化成道德败坏的社会底层分子。
• An inconspicuous urban underclass lives in squalor.
  在这个肮脏破败的地方居住着不为人注意的城市下层阶级。
• The implication, that an unequal society was inevitable and fair, and that a black, inner city cognitive underclass was having too many children, made it seem as though eugenics had never gone away.
  这暗示着，社会的不平等是不可避免的，也是公平的，而城市中心的黑人认知下层阶级生的孩子太多，使得优生学似乎从来没有消失过。
• A new survey shows that the long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass, and the survey covers a wide geographical area.
  一项新的调查表明：长期失业的人正形成新的贫困阶层，而且此项调查覆盖的地理区域非常广阔。
• 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。