apartheid

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n. 种族隔离

发音

UK /əˈpɑːtheɪt/
UK /əˈpɑːthaɪt/
US /əˈpɑɹtheɪt/
US /əˈpɑɹthaɪt/
US /əˈpɑɹ.taɪd/

词形变化

apartheids 复数 apartheids apartheided apartheiding apartheids 三单 apartheiding 现在分词 apartheided 过去式 apartheided 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.

    可数 不可数 引申义

    The 1973 Apartheid Convention conferred universal jurisdiction to the state signatories to prosecute those who commit apartheid.

    When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public […] .

  2. 2.

    A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.

    可数 不可数 引申义
  3. 3.

    The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.

    南非 可数 历史 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

    种族隔离

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词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

来源:wiktionary