n. 印度的社会等级( caste的名词复数 )；任何排他的社会阶层；种姓（按照血统、阶级、财富等严格区分的社会制度）
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India has tried to create opportunities for its poorest , who are often among the lowest castes .
印度已经在努力给最贫穷的人们（这些人往往属于最低级的种姓）创造机会。
His children , two sons and a daughter , were educated at the same private school as the upper castes from the village .
他的子女，包括两个儿子和一个女儿，如今与高级种姓家庭的子女们在同一所私立学校里接受教育。
Besides the four main varna , or castes , india has uncounted thousands of sub-castes , few of which census officials will recognise .
除了四种主要的瓦尔纳（亦即种姓）外，印度还有下等种姓人群，而专司人口工作的官员们对此却知之甚少。
India 's lower castes -- a huge voting bloc -- have used their newfound influence to express frustration at their lack of economic mobility as the economy races ahead .
A lightning vote in its local assembly orchestrated by kumari mayawati , the champion of india 's lower castes and the state 's chief minister is awkward for the leadership in new delhi .
