underclass

名词下层社会，下层阶级; 社会低层; 一、二年级学生

1. 下层社会：上层社会基本上由权势阶层组成,而下层社会(underclass)则是弱势阶层的代名词. 无论是上层或是下层社会,往往都是保守的. 前者之所以保守,是为了维护他们的既得利益和地位;后者之所以保守,是因为他们害怕受到外界的侵扰. 诚如埃里克.霍弗所言,

2. 社会底层：在他们上面,是养尊处优的社会上层--经济政治精英,这对于他们是一种无休止的诱惑与吸引,常常会激起他们的雄心与抱负;而在他们下面,是他们刚刚脱离、再也不想回归的为生计所苦的社会底层(Underclass),这对于他们可能还是尚未远去的

3. 底层：在他们上面,是养尊处优的社会上层--经济政治精英,这对于他们是一种无休止的诱惑与吸引,常常会激起他们的雄心与抱负;而在他们下面,是他们刚刚脱离、再也不想回归的为生计所苦的社会底层(Underclass),这对于他们可能还是尚未远去的

1. 下层社会；社会底层
    A country's underclass consists of those members of its population who are poor, and who have little chance of improving their situation.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

1. Many of them are poor farmers or members of the urban underclass who say Abhisit came to power illegitimately and is oblivious to their plight.

2. China will not afford to have an " underclass " that runs counter to the lofty goal of building up a " harmonious society ".

3. underclass的翻译

3. Victorians cared little for the welfare of the population despite a ballooning underclass which was to peak as the industrial revolution reached its climax.

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