The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life.
种姓制度几乎决定了印度生活的各个方面。
Caste is defined primarily by social honour attained through personal lifestyle.
种姓制度的定义源于通过个人生活方式而获取的社会荣誉。
This book treats of the caste system in India.
这本书论述了印度的种姓制度。
In India, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution.
在印度，种姓和污染的概念之间存在着一种联系。
A caste system consists of ranked groups, each with a different economic specialization.
种姓制度由等级群体组成，每个群体具有不同的经济专业化。
He ignored distinctions of race or caste and was happy to eat rice from an aluminum plate in the house of an untouchable.
他不理睬种族与种姓间的差异，并曾经在一个贱民的家里很高兴地从铝盘子里取米饭来吃。
Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans and other high-ranked individuals will not share food with, not eat from the same plate as, not even accept food from an individual from a low-ranking caste.
由于害怕污染，婆罗门和其他高种姓的人不会与他人分享食物，不会与他人共用一个盘子，甚至不会接受来自低种姓的人的食物。
There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste system of India.
食物禁忌和等级之间也有联系，这在印度的种姓制度中表现得最为苛刻。
Mani was given the social caste of Perioeci.
玛尼被赋予了佩里奥西的社会等级。
Over aristocratic and caste systems.
超越了贵族与种姓制度。
The answer lies in the old Indian caste system.
答案在于古印度的种姓制度。
The next caste is the Kshtriya, who are warriors.
下一个等级是刹帝利，是武士。
Rarely socialise across caste lines, and never inter-marry.
很少跨过种姓的界线应酬，也从不通婚。
For any typical clerk marrying a caste girl and seating on seashore?
一个典型的员工娶到一位有地位的女孩，或者是坐在海滩上？
I couldn't help feeling that she was making fun of high-caste people.
我不禁觉得她是在嘲笑高种姓的人。
As rural Indians become more mobile and less caste-bound, such attitudes are likely to fade.
随着印度的农村人口流动性的加强以及种姓等级观念束缚不再那么严格，这样的看法很可能会逐渐消失。
“You can be any caste you like, but if you don’t have a mobile phone you are nobody”, he says.
你爱是哪个种姓就是哪个种姓，但是如果你没有手机，你就什么也不是。
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。
Geographic location, education and the erstwhile caste system being some of the key factors.
其中重要的几个因素是地理位置、所受教育和过去的等级制度。
There was a separate refreshment room for Bengali boys for meeting their caste requirements.
这所学校里有一间单独的茶点室，是为满足孟加拉孩子种姓的需要而设立的。
They live in caste-based ghettos; rarely socialise across caste lines, and never inter-marry.
他们住在以种姓为基础的贫民区，所以也就很少跨界社交，更不要提联姻了。
Over the past decade or so other caste-groups have followed the pasis’ lead, especially the chamars.
过去十年左右，其他种姓群体一直跟在帕西的后面走，特别是查玛尔。
The Pariahs were a specific caste whose hereditary job it was to act as the drummer in those festivals.
帕利亚阶层的人世世代代都在那些节日里担任鼓手。
This is not always because the inquiries are stitch-ups; caste and unconscious sympathy also contribute.
这并不总是因为调查都是在修修补补；等级制度和无意识做出的同情也是背后的原因。
If a candidate does name a caste, it would probably indicate a mind that is affected by the caste system.
如果候选人确实指出了一个阶级，可能表明其思想受到等级制度的影响。
In India it is partly racist: lower-caste Hindus are usually darker and upper-caste Hindus usually lighter.
在印度存在着部分种族主义，下等的印度教徒通常肤色更黑，而高等的教徒肤色更白一些。
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。
Everywhere in Europe I encountered theliving facts of medieval caste and of the static medieval social order.
我在欧洲处处遇到活生生的中世纪等级制度和静态社会秩序例子。
Everywhere in Europe I encountered theliving facts of medieval caste and of the static medieval social order.
我在欧洲处处遇到活生生的中世纪等级制度和静态社会秩序例子。
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