| 单词 | social ladder |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial ladder social ladder n. (usually in figurative context) the hierarchical structure of society; the social scale. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > system of class1804 caste1816 caste system1816 social ladder1817 casteism1852 class system1877 classhood1878 pecking order1935 status system1939 peck order1950 1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are Ye that Sow 110 Alas! that some of the intermediate rounds in the social ladder have been broken and not replaced, is itself one of the results. 1835 H. Reeve tr. A. de Tocqueville Democracy in Amer. I. p. xix The noble has gone down on the social ladder, and the roturier has gone up. 1932 N. Coward Three White Feathers in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 151/1 I've scaled the social ladder And I've never had a head for heights. 2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan xiii. 97 Confident, long-time party girls hoping to score a steady fella and a boost up the social ladder. < as lemmas |
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