affirmative action

英 [əˌfɜːmətɪv ˈækʃn]

美 [əˌfɜːrmətɪv ˈækʃn]

n.  (鼓励聘用少数族裔、妇女等的)反歧视行动，平权运动

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柯林斯词典

• （鼓励雇用少数民族成员、妇女等的）反歧视行动，积极措施
  Affirmative actionis the policy of giving jobs and other opportunities to members of groups such as racial minorities or women who might not otherwise have them.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 positive discrimination

英英释义

noun

• a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities
  1. affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision

双语例句

• And you call the affirmative action office.
  你可以给空中警察打电话。
• But he also says he supports affirmative action, his website includes no plans to scale it back and his allies would howl if he did.
  但他也说他支持」平权措施」，他的个人网站中也并没有减少」平权措施」的计划，如果他做出这种计划，他的同盟们将会狂呼乱喊。
• Affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in1978in the Bakke decision.
  赞助性行动颇有争议。
• According to the book Affirmative Action for the Rich published by Century Foundation, alumni preferences provide an admissions advantage to the children of alumni.
  世纪基金会出版新书《给富人的平权行动》，书中发现，偏好录取自己校友的孩子。
• The US later tries to airlift a few victims out of the ghetto through affirmative action, but by then the damage is done.
  虽然后来美国试图通过平权法案从贫民区里救出少数牺牲品，但到了那时伤害已经铸就。
• They oppose affirmative action programs and stronger hate crime laws.
  他们反对积极的行动纲领以及更有力的惩治攻击性犯罪法。
• And so things like affirmative action, things such as how should university treat its workers, how should university treat its surrounding community, state, the nation.
  比如反歧视性政策，比如工人们在大学的待遇，比如大学如何处理它和，周边社区，洲和国家的关系。
• Addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, media racism, affirmative action issues, the glass ceiling, the "model minority" syndrome, and anti-Asian harassment or violence.
  主要讨论的关键性社会议题有：种族刻板印象、媒体的种族歧视、平权计划、「玻璃天花板」现象、「模范少数族群」症候群、以及反亚裔的骚扰或暴力事件。
• In spite of affirmative action programmes that reserve a proportion of official posts for minority groups, all government and military positions with any real power are held by Han Chinese.
  虽然政府实行为少数民族保留一定比例职位的平权行动计划，但所有拥有实权的政府及军队职位，全都掌握在汉人手里。
• The issue of the death penalty is highly controversial; Rushdie's controversial book; a controversial decision on affirmative action.
  死刑的问题是很有争议的；卢思黛的有争议的书；在赞助行动上有争议的决定。