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单词 Untermensch
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Definition of Untermensch in English:

Untermensch

nounPlural Untermenschenˈʊntɐmɛnʃˈʊntəmɛn(t)ʃˈo͝on(t)ərˌmen(t)SH
  • A person considered racially or socially inferior.

    劣等人;下等人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He knew it to be a gamble, and it is significant that the ‘final Solution’, the systematic extermination of the Untermenschen, was not implemented until he had made this highest-of-stakes throw of the dice.
    • The Germans still regard Italians as Untermenschen, fit to run a neighborhood pizzeria, but not to have an equal say in the future of Europe.
    • They saw the extermination of Jews and other Untermenschen as an awful, but necessary, task on the road to a better world.
    • The camp provided the Germans tautological proof of the necessity of imprisoning Untermenschen: the disgusting state of the Haftlinge of Auschwitz demonstrated their inferiority and justified their murder.
    • Her specialty was forging identification cards to assist in smuggling Jews and other Untermenschen out of the Netherlands.

Origin

German, literally 'underperson'.

Definition of Untermensch in US English:

Untermensch

nounˈo͝on(t)ərˌmen(t)SH
  • A person considered racially or socially inferior.

    劣等人;下等人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The camp provided the Germans tautological proof of the necessity of imprisoning Untermenschen: the disgusting state of the Haftlinge of Auschwitz demonstrated their inferiority and justified their murder.
    • He knew it to be a gamble, and it is significant that the ‘final Solution’, the systematic extermination of the Untermenschen, was not implemented until he had made this highest-of-stakes throw of the dice.
    • They saw the extermination of Jews and other Untermenschen as an awful, but necessary, task on the road to a better world.
    • Her specialty was forging identification cards to assist in smuggling Jews and other Untermenschen out of the Netherlands.
    • The Germans still regard Italians as Untermenschen, fit to run a neighborhood pizzeria, but not to have an equal say in the future of Europe.

Origin

German, literally ‘underperson’.

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