untouchable

untouchable
adjective
  1. not able or allowing to be touched or affected
    不可触摸的,禁止触动的;无法感动的
    a receptionist looking gorgeous and untouchable.
    接待员看上去美丽而高不可攀。
    ■unable to be matched or rivaled
    无法比拟的,无法竞争的
    when the band retreat to ambience and minimalism, they are untouchable.
    当乐队退入环境音乐和渐减变化音乐时,他们是无可比拟的。
  2. of or belonging to the lowest-caste Hindu group or the people outside the caste system
    属于印度种姓制度最底层(或种姓制度以外)的
noun
  1. a member of the lowest-caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system. Contact with untouchables is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes
    贱民(指印度种姓制度最底层或种姓制度以外的人;传统认为与贱民接触会玷污上流社会成员)
派生
untouchability
noun
用法
  1. In senses relating to the traditional Hindu caste system, the term untouchable and the social restrictions accompanying it were declared illegal in the constitution of India in 1949 and of Pakistan in 1953. The official term today is scheduled caste
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