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.
pariah 英文释义
1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)
pariah 双语例句
1. Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.
不一会儿,汤姆碰上了村里的少年弃儿.
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2. His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
房东太太对待他就像对待危险的罪犯、对待社会弃儿一样。
来自辞典例句
3. The emancipation process of pariah began in the period of colony.
贱民解放的过程起始于殖民地时期.
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4. Ronaldo : He's not a pariah, he's a very gifted boy.
他不是一个“贱小孩”, 他是一个天赋十足的男孩.
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5. His removal by force, however, has made Honduras a pariah among regional nations.
然而他被武力推翻的事实导致洪都拉斯在该地区各国中地位低下.
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pariah 实用场景例句
His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
房东太太对待他就像对待危险的罪犯、对待社会弃儿一样。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
His removal by force, however, has made Honduras a pariah among regional nations.
然而他被武力推翻的事实导致洪都拉斯在该地区各国中地位低下.
期刊摘选
The emancipation process of pariah began in the period of colony.
贱民解放的过程起始于殖民地时期.
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Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.
不一会儿,汤姆碰上了村里的少年弃儿.
《简明英汉词典》
Shortly Tom upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn , son of the town drunkard.
不久汤姆遇到了村子里坏孩子哈克贝利 -费恩, 他是本镇一个酒鬼的儿子.
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It took her four days to realize that she was the pariah of the legal profession.
四天之后,她才意识到自己已被法律界所摈弃.
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Ronaldo : He's not a pariah, he's a very gifted boy.
他不是一个“贱小孩”, 他是一个天赋十足的男孩.
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His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
