low on the totem pole
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词源[编辑]
派生自totem pole，印第安人所做的图腾柱，这种柱子从下到上常刻有几个图案。上下顺序曾被非印第安人误认为是按地位的高低排列的。
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形容词[编辑]
- (often，冒犯，俗語) 低级的，较低贱的，地位较低的
- 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics
- Gaston said, however, that the boycott would not substantially affect Negroes because they are "so low on the totem pole."
- 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics