caste 详细解释

caste

[kɑ:st]

n.印度的世袭阶级, (排他的)社会团体,种姓, 等级制度

n.

1. (印度社会的)种姓; 种姓制度[U]

He came from the highest Hindu caste.

他出身印度最高的种姓。

2. (世袭的)社会等级, 社会集团; 等级制度[U]

I suppose you also have a caste system in your society.

我想你们的社会里也有一种等级制度。

3. 社会地位, 社会身份[U]

4. (社会性昆虫的)级

词形变化

名词复数:castes

英英释义

名词 caste:

social status or position conferred by a system based on class

(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

补充

castecaste英:[kɑ:st] 美:[kæst]n.1.印度的社会等级2.任何排他的社会阶层3.种姓(按照血统、阶级、财富等严格区分的社会制度)

例句

1. caste was the final barrier to industrialization.种姓制度是工业化的最终障碍。 2. Sushma came from a lower caste.苏什马出身于低等种姓。 3. Most did so out of a desire not to lose caste.大多数人这样做是不希望失去种姓地位。 4. In every society there will emerge a caste of propagandists who allegedly guide national policy.每个社会中都会出现一个所谓主导国家政策的宣传阶层。 5. Food rations for industrial workers, the most privileged caste, had been reduced to 1,000 calories a day.给产业工人这一最具特权的社会等级的食品配给已经减少到每天1,000卡路里。 6. members of the lower castes.下层种姓成员。 7. [mass noun]a man of high caste.一个上层种姓男子。 8. those educated in private schools belong to a privileged caste.那些接受私立学校教育的人属于特权阶层。 9. they lost caste by moving away from the old house.他们因搬离古宅而被人藐视。 10. Hindu society is based on a caste system.印度社会是建立在种姓制度上的。 11. He was from a higher caste.他出身于较高的社会阶层。 12. a system of caste = a caste system社会等级制度