glass ceiling
短语n. 玻璃天花板; 玻璃天花板封顶
发音
UK
/ɡlɑːs ˈsiːlɪŋ/
UK
/ɡlæs-/
AU
US
/ɡlæs ˈsilɪŋ/
词形变化
glass ceilings
复数
glass ceilings
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An unrecognized or unwritten barrier to further progression or promotion, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group (originally women).
玻璃天花板
习语 -
2.
A barrier to progression that is not obvious.
比喻 习语
词汇关系
词源
From glass + ceiling, a metaphor using ceiling to suggest a barrier to upward mobility, and glass to allude to the often unacknowledged or “invisible” nature of this limitation. The term was coined by the American diversity advocate, management consultant, and writer Marilyn Loden (1946–2022), who referred to the “invisible glass ceiling” during a panel discussion about women’s aspirations in 1978.
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