| 单词 | social outcast |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial outcast (b) Of a person with respect to his or her rank in society, as social equal, social outcast, social superior, etc. ΚΠ 1788 Columbian Mag. Aug. 449/1 The next order of social beings which demands our attention, is the numerous and ambosexual order of tatlers. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. 78 The rulers of other European states were ready to receive him as their social peer. 1888 E. Bellamy Looking Backward xi. 164 Who are willing to be domestic servants..where all are social equals? 1917 N. Douglas South Wind xxxix. 453 Her home broken up; her child a bastard; herself and Meadows—social outcasts. 1934 M. V. Hughes London Child of Seventies xiii. 159 One must never suppose that any other people whatsoever are one's social superiors. 1948 ‘G. Orwell’ in Observer 28 Nov. 4/4 The social misfit..should learn to be contented in his own station. 2007 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. Middle-class folks cite such use of language as proof that their social inferiors are inherently racist. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。