castes

英 [kɑːsts]

美 [kæsts]

n.  (印度教的四大)种姓; (尤指禁止其他等级成员进入的)社会阶层，社会等级; 社会等级制度
caste的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (印度社会的)种姓，等级
  Acasteis one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society.
  1. Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.
     印度上层种姓多数崇拜女神时母。
• N-UNCOUNT 种姓制度;社会等级制度
  Casteis the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes.
  1. Caste is defined primarily by social honour attained through personal lifestyle...
     社会等级制度主要是通过个人生活方式赢得的社会荣誉来确定。
  2. The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life.
     种姓制度几乎影响着印度生活的方方面面。

双语例句

• The highly specialized worker castes in ants represent the pinnacle of social organization in the insect world.
  在蚂蚁等级中高度特化的工蚁代表了昆虫世界中社会组织的顶点。
• The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes.
  等级制度所授予的社会地位。
• We want a society with neither castes nor ranks.
  我们想要一个没有等级和阶级的社会。
• A member of the highest of the four Hindu castes.
  印度四个世袭阶级中的最高的一个阶级。
• Bourgeois: a person belonging to the middle class. the highest of the four main Hindu castes: the priestly caste.
  中产阶级：属于中产阶级的一员印度教四大世袭阶级中最高的一级；僧侣阶级。
• Rahul Gandhi, a Congress Party scion, campaigns among all the state's castes, including dalits.
  来自国大党的拉胡尔·甘地（RahulGandhi）在北方邦所有种姓中进行游说，包括达利特。
• More than five decades after the Indian constitution promises a casteless society, there is no sign that the castes ( jatis) are disappearing.
  在印度宪法允诺一个“无种姓”社会五十多年后，种姓尚没有显示出任何要消失的迹象，但变化也确确实实地发生了。
• Determination of the supercooling points of various castes and developmental stages of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mainland China
  我国大陆红火蚁不同等级和虫态过冷却点的测定
• A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.
  以种姓为基础的等级社会的社会体制或原则。
• The digestive and reproductive systems of different castes of the more primitive T.ampliceps were studied and compared to those of the more advanced O.formosanus.
  本试验研究了低等白蚁扩头蔡白蚁不同品级的消化和生殖系统结构，并与高等白蚁黑翅土白蚁进行了比较。