1. "All ready?" the captain asked the engineer, a Portuguese half-caste, whose head and shoulders protruded from the small hatch. “准备好了吗？”船长问轮机手--一个葡萄牙混血儿，他从一个小舱口探出脑袋和肩膀。
2. Fragments remained as Indonesia and the Pacific islands, and a few survivors reached India, where they became the elite Brahman caste. 碎片仍然在印度尼西亚和太平洋岛屿，少数生还者到达了印度，他们成为了婆罗门精英阶层。
3. Many things restrain India's economy, from a government that depends on Communist support to the caste system, power cuts and rigid labour laws. 许多因素抑制着印度的经济，从一个依靠共产主义支持的政府，到世袭等级制度、能源短缺、刻板僵化的劳动法。
英英解释
n.
1. social status or position conferred by a system based on class
2. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
3. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
