柯林斯詞典underclass /??nd??klɑ?s/ (underclasses) 1. N-COUNT A country's underclass consists of those members of its population who are poor, and who have little chance of improving their situation. 底層社會(huì)[usu sing] The basic problems of the inner-city underclass are inadequate housing and lack of jobs. 內(nèi)城裡底層人的基本問題是沒有足夠的住房和工作。 返回 underclass劍橋詞典a group of people with a lower social and economic position than any of the other classes of society 下層社會(huì)；下層堦級；貧睏堦層 The long-term unemployed now constitute a kind of underclass. 如今長期失業(yè)人員形成了貧睏堦層。 返回 underclass