subhuman

英[ˌsʌbˈhju:mən]

美[sʌbˈhjumən]

基本释义

The subhuman conditions of work soon caused physical deterioration.

非人的工作环境不久就导致了身体状况的恶化。

柯林斯例句

They were living in subhuman conditions.

他们生活在非人的条件下。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Adjective

1. less than human or not worthy of a human being;
"treated natives as subhuman"
"a subhuman spectacle"
"the subhuman primates"
2. unfit for human beings;
"subhuman conditions of life"