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单词 pariah
释义
pariahpa‧ri‧ah /pəˈraɪə, ˈpæriə/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpariah
Origin:
1600-1700 Tamil paraiyan ‘drummer’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a social pariah
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After the accusation, they are worried-sick parents, small-town pariahs, amateur lawyers, sometime sleuths, etc.
  • Apparently I was not the only prospective foster parent who was treated by society staff like a pariah.
  • Because Dad left the tribe to marry an outsider, however, he was considered a pariah.
  • Suddenly I felt like a real pariah.
  • Ten years ago he was a pariah.
  • The traditional outcast or pariah becomes the hero in this new age.
  • Were these beginnings among the outcasts, the pariahs, and the misfits merely accidental?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Rock climbing is rapidly becoming a pariah among mountain activities.
someone who everyone hates and avoids SYN  outcast
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