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subalterns
英军中尉；英军少尉
subalterns is the plural of subaltern.
A British army officer of lower rank than a captain, such as a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
- 1.
A subordinate.
下属
- 2.
a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
低于上尉军衔的英国陆军军官
- 3.
A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
从普遍命题中推导出的次要命题
- 4.
A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
在殖民地和宗主国权力结构之外的社会、政治和地理边缘群体成员
下级；部属；底层人；属下；特称命题；从属命题；下属；低于上尉军衔的英国陆军军官
In use
The young subaltern saluted as the general approached.
Several subalterns shared a small room in the barracks.
He served as a subaltern for three years before becoming a captain.
Connections
Collocations
- subaltern officer
- 陆军中尉（低于上尉的英国军官）
- The subaltern officer reported for duty at dawn.这位陆军中尉黎明时到岗报到。
- colonial subaltern
- 殖民地底层民众
- The colonial subalterns were never consulted about the new laws.这些殖民地底层民众从未被征询过对新法律的看法。
- subaltern studies
- 庶民研究（研究边缘群体的学术领域）
- Subaltern studies shifted the focus of colonial history toward the oppressed.庶民研究把殖民史研究的重心转移到受压迫者身上。
- subaltern proposition
- 特称命题（由全称命题推出的层次较低命题）
- From the universal proposition we can derive the subaltern proposition.从全称命题可以推出相应的特称命题。
Pop culture & quotes
- Can the Subaltern Speak?
- 属下能说话吗？This is the title of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's landmark 1988 essay on postcolonialism.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：sub- 有‘在下’之意，想象下属站在权力阶梯下方——英军少尉低于上尉，后殖民语境中也指被边缘化的下层群体。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、英军军事语境、逻辑学哲学文献、后殖民学术研究 该词整体偏正式，多用于军事、哲学和后殖民研究等专业书面语境，日常口语中很少使用。具体词义需要依据上下文判断。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指英国陆军中尉及以下军官。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 subaltern 真正押韵的词只有 saltern（/ˈsɔːltən/，与其中的 ɒː/ɔː 同韵）。alter、alternative、lantern、pattern、external 虽含相似的 -alter/-altern/-tern 拼写，但不押韵；lantern 和 pattern 的 -tern 英式读 /tən/，美式读 /tərn/，注意勿按拼写误读。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.