| 单词 | underclass |
| 释义 | underclass (ʌndəʳklɑːs , -klæs ) Word forms: underclasses countable noun [usually singular] A country's underclass consists of those members of its population who are poor, and who have little chance of improving their situation. The basic problems of the inner-city underclass are inadequate housing and lack of jobs. Welfare has become identified with the long-term poor, the underclass. Collocations: urban underclass Together they exposed the plight of the elderly, the grinding poverty experienced by the urban underclass and the Dickensian horrors of the conditions in some mental hospitals. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Pop music is a vehicle for the marginalised urban underclass. Times, Sunday Times (2014) An urban underclass was growing rapidly. Christianity Today (2000) Translations: Chinese: 下层阶级 Japanese: 最下層階級 |
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