单词caste
n.: 社会等级；（印度教的四大）种姓；社会等级制度
网络: 种姓制度；社会地位；阶级
（印度教的四大）种姓:
any of the four main divisions of Hindu society, originally those made according to functions in society
（尤指禁止其他等级成员进入的）社会阶层，社会等级:
a social class, especially one whose members do not allow others to join it
社会等级制度:
the system of dividing society into classes based on differences in family origin, rank or wealth
(昆虫的)职别〔如工蜂等〕
社会地位
种(类)
等级制度
〔社〕种姓制度
(印度世袭的)种姓;(世袭的)阶级;等级(制度)
复数：castes
n.classsocial groupstandingbackgroundsocial order
Poverty is often both cause and consequence of norms and discrimination that build on race, caste or gender.
对于种族、阶级和性别基础之上的规范和歧视来说，贫困既是因又是果。
So, what each one of us can do is to be non-communal: We can cease to be Brahmins, cease to belong to any caste or to any country.
因此，我们个人能做的就是成为非地方自治主义者：我们不再是婆罗门、不属于任何等级或国家。
The Warrior Caste sent men to patrol the road, and thought the matter settled.
战士阶级的人派出了一些人去道路上巡逻，并且认为事情已经得到解决。
Rao also warns the caste census may be just as vulnerable to corruption as the rest of the Indian political system.
拉奥还警告说，种姓普查或许也像印度其它政治体系一样容易腐败。
And to root out of his mind the idea of caste superiority, he cleaned a pariah"s house with his long and neglected hair.
为了发现自己头脑内是否有种姓优越感的想法，他用长长的，被忽视的头发清理一个贱民的房间。
The ancient caste system was the most obvious symbol of this idea. But it had many subtler expressions, too.
古老的社会制度是这个观念最明显的表征，但它也同时展现在许多细微的地方。
Caste politicians are not alone in arguing that this makes a nonsense of the system.
种姓主义政客不无讥讽地称这一制度毫无意义。
On the rise is a legion of regional and caste-based parties that do not even pretend to be guided by the national interest.
冉冉上升的是一些地区性和基于种性的政党，这些党甚至连装作以国家利益为指针也不屑。
Dalits, who were formerly known as Untouchables because of their low caste status, are sometimes referred to abusively as chuhra and chamar.
达利特因为自身的低种姓地位以前被认为是“不可接触者”，有时也被辱骂成贱民。
At the bottom of this caste system, as before, are the shareholders, who get any leftovers.
在这个系统的底部，股东和以前一样只有最后的求偿权。