caste

汉语翻译

n. 印度的种姓制度, (排他的)社会团体

英语解释：

名词 caste:

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

例句：

1. 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。
2. Social rank or caste, especially high rank.
   上流阶层社会等级，尤指高等级
3. 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。
4. Those poor men live in the lowest caste.
   那些穷人生活在社会的最低阶层。

详细解释：

caste

n.（名词）


Any of four classes, comprising numerous subclasses, constituting Hindu society.
印度的世袭等级：构成印度社会的、由无数个次等级组成的四个社会等级之一
Any of numerous hereditary, endogamous social subclasses stratified according to Hindu ritual purity.
种姓：根据印度教仪式的纯洁性划分的无数个世袭的、内部通婚的次等级之一
A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.
特权阶级：通过世袭的地位、职业或财富和其他社会阶层分开的一个阶级


A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.
等级制度：以种姓为基础的等级社会的社会体制或原则
The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes:
社会地位：等级制度所授予的社会地位：
例句：
lose caste by doing work beneath one`s station.
由于做低于自己身份的工作而丧失社会地位

A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function.
有社会组织的昆虫的阶级：群居动物，如蚂蚁的聚居地中的一个特殊阶层，其成员如工蚁或兵蚁在其中发挥特殊的作用

来源：
Spanish casta [race]
西班牙语 casta [种族]
Portuguese casta [race, caste] [both from feminine of] casto [pure]
葡萄牙语 casta [种族，种姓] [] 两者皆源自casto的阴性词 [纯洁的]
from Latin castus * see kes-
源自 拉丁语 castus *参见 kes-