| 单词 | caste system |
| 释义 | caste system (once / 26741 pages) n A caste system is a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you’re going to be poor, too. Same goes for being rich, if you’re a glass-half-full person. The phrase caste system has been around since the 1840’s, but we’ve been using caste since the 1500’s. You might’ve heard about the caste system in India, but there are caste systems all over the world, where people are born into a position, like having a certain kind of job, and it’s hard to change. America prides itself on not having a caste system, because people can “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” and janitors can go to Harvard. WORD FAMILYcaste system: caste systems USAGE EXAMPLESYour revelation; your "money based caste system" is not news to us. New York Times(Apr 23, 2016) And which reflects the caste system that developed around that slavery. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) It’s an analysis of the intractable caste system that lingers below the national myths of rugged individualism and cities on hills. New York Times(Nov 09, 2016) n a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity Hyper class structure the organization of classes within a society |
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