| 单词 | downward-mobile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdownward-mobile downward-mobile adj. moving to a lower social or professional level; losing wealth and status; = downwardly mobile adj. at downwardly adv. Compounds. ΚΠ 1943 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 52 10 The Pakeha females marrying mixed or full blood Maori males are either lower class or else females downward mobile from the lower middle class to the lower class. 1959 V. Packard Status Seekers (1960) xviii. 256 Many socially declining or downward-mobile people turn to alcohol or drugs for support. 1994 Philadelphia Tribune (Nexis) 29 Apr. 1 b Below this..is the steadily downward-mobile, African location known as Soweto. < as lemmas |
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