学个词Learn a Word 第675期 Discrimination

今天我们要学的词是discrimination。 Discrimination, 歧视。大家都知道， racial discrimination, 是种族歧视； gender¹ discrimination, 是性别歧视，不过，歧视不仅局限于此，比如说，还有age discrimination年龄歧视。 "Two U.K. judges filed an age discrimination claim against the Ministry² of Justice this week for being forced to retire when they reached their 70th birthdays," 英国两位法官这个星期对司法部提出年龄歧视的指控，因为他们七十岁一到就被迫退休。好的，今天我们学习的词是discrimination...

 

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。