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单词 underclass
释义
underclass
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈʌn.də.klɑːs/us
/ˈʌn.dɚ.klæs/
agroupofpeoplewith alowersocialandeconomicpositionthan any of the otherclassesofsociety:
下层社会；下层阶级；贫困阶层
Thelong-termunemployednowconstituteakindof underclass.如今长期失业人员形成了贫困阶层。
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(Definition ofunderclassfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

underclass| American Dictionary

underclass
noun[C]
us
/ˈʌn·dərˌklæs/
thelowesteconomicandsocialclassinsociety, consisting ofpeoplewho areconsideredto have fewopportunitiestoimprovethemselves
(Definition ofunderclassfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

underclass| Business English

underclass
noun[C,usually singular]
ECONOMICS
uk
/ˈʌndəˌklɑːs/us
thepoorestpeoplein asociety,especiallywhendiscussingtheirlackofopportunitiestofindwork:
LettingguestworkersintoAmericadoesn'tcreatean underclass.
Thenationneedstoreducethevastgapbetween thewealthyand ajoblessunderclass.
(Definition ofunderclassfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderclass

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He does not explain how theunderclass, thus defined, is to be eliminated as he wants it to be.
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Such poor quality housing may be associated with anunderclassthat was especially numerous in the thirteenth century.
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Does this vastunderclasshave the potential to act as a force for the transformation of state forms, and how do they view the state?
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A number of studies testify to theirunderclasscontinuities.
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Most important here, the defence of class against identity is invariably focused on the working class or 'underclass'.
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This in turn detached them from society and created a quasi-permanentunderclasstrapped into a culture of dependency.
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It was also guaranteed to subvert any serious collective challenge by the town'sunderclassto the new industrial paternalism imposed by the factories.
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Otherwise, charity would create anunderclassof the slothful poor, which would invalidate the original charitable intent.
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For the greed and neediness, the divisiveness, for the communities consigned to theunderclass.
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Nested within the discourse of social exclusion is its ownunderclassversion.
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The income distribution became markedly less egalitarian, and rising crime and other social ills associated with the development of anunderclassafflicted the country.
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It debases recipients and leads to the creation of anunderclass, pauperism and a culture of dependency.
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Such study offers a new way to bring the underclasses, especially children and women, into the mainstream of historical research.
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Yet the squeeze that elite farmers place on their poorer neighbours does not diminish self-help among theunderclass.
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There are similar kinship relationships as well, pointing to a clearly distinguishableunderclassin the parish.
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