bamboo ceiling

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity. US,idiomatic
    — The title Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling was selected because it acknowledges that Asian Americans do indeed face obstacles in the workplace and it asserts that there are cultural barriers that play a role in impeding career advancement.
  2. A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for women. idiomatic
    — Nonetheless, women are definitely breaking through what has variously been called the glass ceiling, the bamboo ceiling, or the old boy's network.

词形变化

bamboo ceilings plural

词源

Modeled on glass ceiling, popularized in 2005 by Jane Hyun in Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, see quotations.
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