| 释义 |
underˈprivilege
[f. next.]
The state of being underprivileged; lack of what are considered the normal amenities of life.
1937Nation 25 Sept. 324/2 The greater part of the book deals with the factors that underlie the spread and control of syphilis, its relation to poverty, underprivilege, [etc.]. 1966P. Scott Jewel in Crown v. 207 He..had so obviously set his heart on lifting himself by his bootstraps from the state of underprivilege into which he had been born. 1976Times 8 Nov. 3/2 The probation service..has a duty to oppose policies which intensify underprivilege. |