单词underclass
n.: 社会底层；贫困阶层
网络: 底层阶级；下层阶级；下层社会
社会底层；贫困阶层:
a social class that is very poor and has no status
下层阶级
复数：underclasses
So India is trying to engineer advancement for its underclass through a vast and growing affirmative-action program.
因此，印度正试图通过一项广泛并不断扩大的平权行动计划来推动贫困阶层的发展。
But yesterday at least, the underclass stereotype beloved of certain politicians simply did not apply.
但是至少昨天，在法庭上没有出现受某类政治家钟爱的那种下层民众典型。
Just as likely, he has judged that the forces of Thailand"s underclass cannot, this time, be so easily contained.
但也有可能是因为，据他判断，这次泰国社会底层人士的力量无法轻易得到遏制。
Duncan Smith is not going to save the underclass from chaotic lives with a marriage tax break or benefit tweak.
邓肯·史密斯（DuncanSmith）不会为了改变底层阶级的混乱生活而去破坏婚姻税法或调整福利。
When the poor form a distinct underclass, the majority may use the democratic process to, in effect, withdraw the protection of the state.
当穷人们形成一个可观的下层阶级时，大多数人又会使用民主的执法手段收回政府对穷人的保护。
Ethnic Chinese continue to dominate, local Malays feel like an underclass, and Indians are squeezed in the middle.
华裔种族一直处于统治地位，当地的马来人感到低人一等，而印度人则被夹在中间。
A new survey shows that the long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass, and the survey covers a wide geographical area.
一项新的调查表明：长期失业的人正形成新的贫困阶层，而且此项调查覆盖的地理区域非常广阔。
And yet, it is difficult to view the rioters simply as members of an "underclass" .
但是，很难把骚乱者简单地看作“弱势群体”的成员。
Ethnic Koreans and an underclass known as burakumin are stigmatized.
韩国人和下层百姓都有受到歧视。
He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass.
他认为失业会造成社会分化，道致贫困阶层的产生。