apartheid英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. South-Africa,countable,historical,uncountable

— She don't care about the rest at all / She's got a system they call apartheid / It keeps a brother in a subjection
Any similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule. broadly,countable,uncountable

— The 1973 Apartheid Convention conferred universal jurisdiction to the state signatories to prosecute those who commit apartheid.
A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute. broadly,countable,uncountable

— Fifteen minutes drive to the Brown Trout was guaranteed to satisfy my appetite because there, as with other clubs and hotel bars, a form of sex apartheid was practised. The males assembled in the region of the bar and the opposite gender either sat discreetly detached or strayed outside to gossip gaily among themselves.

动词 v.

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

— Yes, apartheiding the apartheiders, is what the rest of the world is doing.

词形变化

apartheids plural apartheids present,singular,third-person apartheiding participle,present apartheided participle,past apartheided past

词汇关系

反义词

antiapartheid

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Dutch apart
Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der.
Proto-Germanic *haiduzder.
Proto-West Germanic *-haidu
Old Dutch -heit
Middle Dutch -heit
Dutch -heid
Dutch apartheid
Afrikaans apartheidbor.
English apartheid
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.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Dutch apart
Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der.
Proto-Germanic *haiduzder.
Proto-West Germanic *-haidu
Old Dutch -heit
Middle Dutch -heit
Dutch -heid
Dutch apartheid
Afrikaans apartheidbor.
English apartheid
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.