underclass

n.

下层社会，下层阶级；社会低层；一、二年级学生；

复数：underclasses

1. They are the underclass and thus usually left out of the picture.
   他们属于最下层，一般就都被人们所忽略了。
2. Some blame Britain's unequal society and the large underclass that it creates.
   有人将这一结果归罪于英国社会的不平等和由此造成的大量下层阶级人口。
3. The long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass.
   长期失业的人正形成新的贫困阶层。

The Urban Underclass.
Defining and measuring the underclass
Urban Industrial Transition and the Underclass
The War Against the Poor: The Underclass and Antipoverty Policy. by Herbert J. Gans
American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
American apartheid : segregation and the making of the underclass
The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy
People and Folks: Gangs, Crime and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City. by John M. Hagedorn
Natural history of male psychological health. XI: Escape from the underclass
The ‘Chav’ Phenomenon: Consumption, Media and the Construction of a New Underclass