| 单词 | downwardly mobile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdownwardly mobile downwardly mobile adj. moving to a lower social or professional level; losing wealth and status.Contrasted with upwardly mobile which is used much more frequently; see upwardly mobile adj. at upwardly adv. Compounds. ΚΠ 1946 W. F. Whyte Industry & Society vii. 144 If she is holding her own or moving up, she can adjust herself to the peculiar social pressures she faces much better than if she is downwardly mobile. 1976 F. Zweig New Acquisitive Society i. ii. 34 21 percent of the sample were upwardly mobile in the sense that fathers were working-class and sons middle-class, while 7 per cent were downwardly mobile. 2000 D. Conley Honky xii. 150 Now he was simply lower middle class—and downwardly mobile from his corporate-class father to boot. < as lemmas |
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