subaltern

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌb.əltən/    美 /sʌbˈɔltəɹn/|/ˈsʌbəltəɹn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A subordinate.
  2. A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant. UK
    — She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux ; and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow ; a mere nobody sir a subaltern in a foot regiment, or something of that kind.
  3. A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
  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.
    — Young refers sardonically to the existence of reams of postcolonial "theory", and promises to give us "postcolonialism from below, which is what and where it should rightly be, given that it elaborates a politics of ‘the subaltern’, that is, subordinated classes and peoples".
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
    — a subaltern officer
  2. Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.

词形变化

more subaltern comparative most subaltern superlative subalterns plural

词汇关系

衍生词
subaltern studies subalternhood subalternism subalternize subalternship
并列词
lieutenant

词源

词源 1
From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.
词源 2
From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.
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