pariah

英 [p?'ra??] 美[p?'ra??]

近義詞out

GRE暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?pariahs;

pariah 賤民

來自葡萄牙語paria,來自南印度泰米爾語paraiyar,鼓手。因印度是一個(gè)種姓制度嚴(yán)格的國家，鼓手來自最低等級，即賤民階級。

pariah: pariah: [17] Now a general term for an ‘outcast’, pariah came into English from the caste system of southern India. It originally denoted a member of the largest of the lower castes, which was named in Tamil paraiyan. This meant literally ‘drummer’ (it was a derivative of parai ‘large festival drum’), a reference to the hereditary role of the paraiyar (plural) as drummers in festival parades.
pariah (n.): 1610s, from Portuguese paria or directly from Tamil paraiyar, plural of paraiyan "drummer" (at festivals, the hereditary duty of members of the largest of the lower castes of southern India), from parai "large festival drum." "Especially numerous at Madras, where its members supplied most of the domestics in European service" [OED]. Applied by Hindus and Europeans to any members of low Hindu castes and even to outcastes. Extended meaning "social outcast" is first attested 1819.

1. Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.: 不一會(huì)兒,湯姆碰上了村里的少年棄兒.

2. His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.: 房東太太對待他就像對待危險(xiǎn)的罪犯、對待社會(huì)棄兒一樣。

3. The emancipation process of pariah began in the period of colony.: 賤民解放的過程起始于殖民地時(shí)期.

4. Ronaldo : He's not a pariah, he's a very gifted boy.: 他不是一個(gè)“賤小孩”, 他是一個(gè)天賦十足的男孩.

5. His removal by force, however, has made Honduras a pariah among regional nations.: 然而他被武力推翻的事實(shí)導(dǎo)致洪都拉斯在該地區(qū)各國中地位低下.