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downwardly mobile

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sociology
ˌdownwardly ˈmobile adjective  SSPOORsomeone who is downwardly mobile is becoming poorer 〔人〕越来越穷的,趋向贫困的,走下坡路的 OPP upwardly mobile
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downwardly mobileRight: stalagmites are one of the many treats in store for the downwardly mobile.
who mobile Corpus becoming someone downwardly is is


downwardly mobile
ˌdownwardly ˈmobile adjective
someone who is downwardly mobile is becoming poorer
   OPP  upwardly mobile