caste

英 [kɑːst] 美 [kæst]

• n. 印度的世袭阶级；(排他的)社会团体；种姓；等级制度

英英释义

Noun:

1. social status or position conferred by a system based on class;

   "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
   

2. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

3. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

4. in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Long had been in the process of the caste system which still exists today.
   印度长久以来的世袭阶级今天仍然存在。
2. He came from the highest Hindu caste.
   他出身印度最高的种姓。
3. The caste system is still strong in India.
   种姓制度在印度仍然很牢固。
4. I suppose you also have a caste system in your society.
   我想你们的社会里也有一种等级制度。
5. The caste refers to social system based on rigid distinctions of birth, rank, wealth, etc.
   社会等级是指按照血统，阶级，财富等严格区分的社会制度。

经典引文

• The view that artists can or should form a special order or caste.

  出自： R. G. Collingwood

• Elimination of the samurai as a legal caste.

  出自： B. R. O. Anderson

词汇搭配

• caste system 阶层制, 等级制...
• half-caste 混血儿
• lose caste 丧失社会地位,为…所...

近反义词

【近义词】

• class 等级
• social group 社会团体
• standing 持续
• background 背景
• social order 社会秩序
• kind 亲切的
• status 地位