caste
US /kæst/
UK /kæst/
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种姓
each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
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The traditional caste system in India has deep historical roots.
印度传统的种姓制度有着深厚的历史根源。
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Marriage outside one's caste was traditionally forbidden.
传统上，禁止与本种姓以外的人结婚。
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种姓制度
a system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
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Many societies historically had some form of caste system.
许多社会在历史上都存在某种形式的种姓制度。
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The novel explores the rigid social caste of the Victorian era.
这部小说探讨了维多利亚时代严格的社会等级制度。