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[U] your status or position in society according to your family or the place where you were born 出身;血統 a woman of noble birth 出身高貴的女子
Why should an accident of birth (=being born rich, poor etc) determine what opportunities you have? 爲什麽出身會決定你有什麽樣的機會?
by birth : She's a French national by birth. 她是法國僑民。
Synonyms and related words
people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds 來自下層社會的人們