英语词汇“bottom of the heap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. In various phrases, as bottom of the heap, bottom of the pile, bottom of the ladder, etc., denoting the lowest position or level within society, an organization, etc., or a person or thing occupying this position.Cf. in the bottom of the bag at bag n. 18a, to scrape the bottom of the barrel at scrape v. 5d.

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1839 Yale Lit. Messenger Feb. 192 It is in low life—at the bottom of the heap—that you meet with the standard of greatness.

1848 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 11 Mar. 6/6 Every member of the human race, whether he be born at the top or the bottom of the social ladder.

1860 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 16 Oct. Those who are at the bottom of the pile of Society in one generation, may become the top stocks of the heap in the next.

1939 W. Hobson Amer. Jazz Music (1940) 173 At the bottom of the economic pile are those musicians who have nothing which could accurately be called a job.

1964 Boston Globe 22 Mar. a3/3 They [sc. unemployed men] are the bottom of the heap and they seem to require a completely fresh opportunity.

1970 Guardian 13 Feb. 7/8 Few building workers were eligible for redundancy payments... They were ‘the bottom of the pile’.

2007 V. Smith Clean viii. 225 But life was still harsh, brutal, and short if you were born at the bottom of the heap.

单词	bottom of the heap
释义	> as lemmas bottom of the heap P8. In various phrases, as bottom of the heap, bottom of the pile, bottom of the ladder, etc., denoting the lowest position or level within society, an organization, etc., or a person or thing occupying this position.Cf. in the bottom of the bag at bag n. 18a, to scrape the bottom of the barrel at scrape v. 5d. ΚΠ 1839 Yale Lit. Messenger Feb. 192 It is in low life—at the bottom of the heap—that you meet with the standard of greatness. 1848 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 11 Mar. 6/6 Every member of the human race, whether he be born at the top or the bottom of the social ladder. 1860 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 16 Oct. Those who are at the bottom of the pile of Society in one generation, may become the top stocks of the heap in the next. 1939 W. Hobson Amer. Jazz Music (1940) 173 At the bottom of the economic pile are those musicians who have nothing which could accurately be called a job. 1964 Boston Globe 22 Mar. a3/3 They [sc. unemployed men] are the bottom of the heap and they seem to require a completely fresh opportunity. 1970 Guardian 13 Feb. 7/8 Few building workers were eligible for redundancy payments... They were ‘the bottom of the pile’. 2007 V. Smith Clean viii. 225 But life was still harsh, brutal, and short if you were born at the bottom of the heap. extracted from bottomn.adj. < as lemmas
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