种姓

The caste system is still strong in some eastern countries such as India.

姓制度在些东方国家如印度仍然很牢固。

He belongs to one of the highest castes.

属于最高姓。

He was born into the lowest caste.

出生于最低贱姓。

The Hindu caste system forces 15 percent of India's population to do jobs deemed “unclean”—anything that involves contact with bodily fluids, such as leatherwork and laundry or burying the dead.

印度姓制度迫使15%人从事被认为是“不洁净”作——即那些与体液有接作，比如皮革制造、洗衣和埋葬死尸等。