| 单词 | lower depths |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslower depths lower depths n. and adj. (a) n. (with the) that part of society that is perceived as morally depraved, poor, or downtrodden; cf. the lower orders at order n. 7a; (b) adj. of or relating to this part of society.Apparently popularized by the English title of Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths (published in Russian in 1902 and translated into English in 1912). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] > collectively vulgarsa1513 worsers1581 unconscionable1607 lower class1637 the lower orders1679 worses1857 lesser breeds1897 lower depths1902 1902 Washington Post 10 May 6/1 The child of generations of upright men and women seldom falls into the lower depths. 1927 Life 7 July 24/2 Vanity. If this is a true picture of high society, give me the lower depths. 1982 Texas Monthly Nov. 220/2 Ashby seems to think that mustard stains on a maroon tie are a sign of lower-depths authenticity. 2005 Nation 20 June 35/2 A wrenching, lower-depths story in which the most devastating turning points happen almost casually, as if in passing. 2010 R. Hattersley in New Statesman (Nexis) 18 Oct. 48 He [sc. Mayhew] recounts the horrors of life in the lower depths with a chilling objectivity. < as lemmas |
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