| 单词 | submerged tenth |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubmerged tenth submerged tenth n. the ten per cent of any population which is (regarded as living) permanently in poverty and misery; the underclass; cf. upper ten n..The term submerged tenth was coined by William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, in 1890. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people low-paid1739 submerged tenth1890 submerged1897 dispossessed1901 underprivileged1935 wretched of the earth1965 1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. ii. 23 This Submerged Tenth—is it, then, beyond the reach of the nine-tenths in the midst of whom they live? 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 750/3 The submerged tenth, the hairy apes of society. 2009 G. Dorrien Social Ethics in Making iii. 171 A city missionary offered to acquaint Addams with the ‘submerged tenth’ of London. submerged tenth submerged tenth (i.e. of the population): see submerged adj. and n.extracted from tenthadj.n.< as lemmas |
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