bamboo ceiling

短语

词形变化

bamboo ceilings 复数 bamboo ceilings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.

    美国 习语
  2. 2.

    A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for women.

    习语

    Nonetheless, women are definitely breaking through what has variously been called the glass ceiling, the bamboo ceiling, or the old boy's network.

词源

Modeled on glass ceiling, popularized in 2005 by Jane Hyun in Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, see quotations.

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