underprivileged
- adj. 贫困的，社会地位低下的，弱势的
- n. 弱势群体，贫困阶层（the underprivileged）
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
underprivileged /ˌʌndəˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd/ TEM4
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ADJ Underprivileged people have less money and fewer possessions and opportunities than other people in their society. 贫穷的; 缺少机遇的 [usu ADJ n]
例：...helping underprivileged children to learn to read.
...帮助穷困的孩子学习阅读。
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N-PLURAL The underprivileged are people who are underprivileged. 贫穷的人; 缺乏机遇的人 ['the' N]
例：...government plans to make more jobs available to the underprivileged.
...政府计划为贫困的人提供更多的工作。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged.
他说为弱势群体说话是教会的职责。
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Tests do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.
测试并不弥补明显的社会不公，因此不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
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For example, tests do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.
例如，测试并不弥补明显的社会不公；因此，它们不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
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That has prompted a call from the French government for these universities to institute new admissions procedures favoring underprivileged students.
VOA: standard.2010.02.02
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He does a lot of community work for underprivileged and just good things in the community.
他给弱势群体做了很多社区工作，还有别的好事。
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Though he was born to one of the wealthiest families in the United States, Kennedy earned a reputation as a defender of the underprivileged.
VOA: standard.2009.08.26
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