discrimination
n. 差别, 岐视, 辨别力 [化] 鉴别
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教材释义与例句
歧视；区别，辨别；识别力
the practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way
laws to prevent discrimination
防止歧视的法律
释义与例句
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1.
Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
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2.
Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.
歧视
可数 不可数sexual or racial discrimination
reverse discrimination
The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact presumed. The legislative presumption is invalid when it is entirely arbitrary, or creates an invidious discrimination, or operates to deprive a party of a reasonable opportunity to present the pertinent facts in his defense.
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3.
The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste.
不可数 可数Near-synonym: tastefulness
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4.
That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic.
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词源
Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.
来源：wiktionary