caste

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  • n.社会等级；（印度教的四大）种姓；社会等级制度
  • Web种姓制度；社会地位；阶级
Plural Form：castes  

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caste
n.
1.
[c]
（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
the caste system
种姓制度
high-caste Brahmins
高级种姓婆罗门
2.
[c]
（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
the ruling caste
统治阶层
3.
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社会等级制度the system of dividing society into classes based on differences in family origin, rank or wealth

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1.
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。
duì yú zhǒng zú 、 jiē jí hé xìng bié jī chǔ zhī shàng de guī fàn hé qí shì lái shuō , pín kùn jì shì yīn yòu shì guǒ 。
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2.
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。
yīn cǐ , wǒ men gè rén néng zuò de jiù shì chéng wéi fēi dì fāng zì zhì zhǔ yì zhě : wǒ men bú zài shì pó luó mén 、 bù shǔ yú rèn hé děng jí huò guó jiā 。
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3.
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。
zhàn shì jiē jí de rén pài chū le yì xiē rén qù dào lù shàng xún luó , bìng qiě rèn wéi shì qíng yǐ jīng dé dào jiě jué 。
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4.
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。
lā ào hái jǐng gào shuō , zhǒng xìng pǔ chá huò xǔ yě xiàng yìn dù qí tā zhèng zhì tǐ xì yí yàng róng yì fǔ bài 。
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5.
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。
wèi le fā xiàn zì jǐ tóu nǎo nèi shì fǒu yǒu zhǒng xìng yōu yuè gǎn de xiǎng fǎ , tā yòng cháng cháng de , bèi hū shì de tóu fà qīng lǐ yī gè jiàn mín de fáng jiān 。
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6.
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。
gǔ lǎo de shè huì zhì dù shì zhè ge guān niàn zuì míng xiǎn de biǎo zhēng , dàn tā yě tóng shí zhǎn xiàn zài xǔ duō xì wēi de dì fang 。
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7.
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。
zhǒng xìng zhǔ yì zhèng kè bù wú jī fěng de chēng zhè yī zhì dù háo wú yì yì 。
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8.
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。
rǎn rǎn shàng shēng de shì yì xiē dì qū xìng hé jī yú zhǒng xìng de zhèng dǎng , zhè xiē dǎng shèn zhì lián zhuāng zuò yǐ guó jiā lì yì wéi zhǐ zhēn yě bú xiè 。
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9.
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。
dá lì tè yīn wèi zì shēn de dī zhǒng xìng dì wèi yǐ qián bèi rèn wéi shì " bù kě jiē chù zhě " , yǒu shí yě bèi rǔ mà chéng jiàn mín 。
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10.
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。
zài zhè ge xì tǒng de dǐ bù , gǔ dōng hé yǐ qián yí yàng zhǐ yǒu zuì hòu de qiú cháng quán 。
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