| 单词 |
déclassé |
| 释义 |
‖ déclassé, a. and n.|deklase| Fem. -ée. [Fr., pa. pple. of déclasser declass v.] A. adj. Reduced or degraded from one's social class; having come down in the world. B. n. One who has been so reduced or degraded.
1887Fortn. Rev. Aug. 227 It is only the déclassé, the ne'er-do-well, or the really unfortunate, who has nothing to call his own. 1905Spectator 28 Jan. 144/2 Pamela..quits the company of artists and actresses, declassés and divorcées. 1921Glasgow Herald 3 Aug., The attempt by a body of declassés to form the policy of the entire working-class of this country. 1921Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Sept. 626/2 A girl of any family may, by force of circumstances, become déclassée. 1961A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo ii. 97 Déclassé nations are very touchy. |

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