词汇 | downward-mobility |
释义 | downward mobility noun[ U ] uk /ˌdaʊn.wəd məʊˈbɪl.ə.ti/ us /ˌdaʊn.wɚd moʊˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ the process of becoming poorer or moving into a poorer economic or social group: In today's job market, working hard is no protection against downward mobility. Poor health can drive downward mobility, or be caused by it. Related word downwardly mobile Compare upward mobility Mass unemployment has resulted in downward mobility for a significant proportion of the working class. His research claimed that, for men, being short led to downward mobility. For most people, downward mobility is far more painful than upward mobility is pleasurable. Many refugees suffer downward mobility, a loss of status and relative wealth compared to what they enjoyed in their home country. Class & class-consciousness in general anti-bourgeois anti-snob arriviste bougie gentrify go/come down in the worldidiom go/come up in the worldidiom heap petty bourgeois pleb plebby plebeian the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie the upper crust underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class |
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