segregation

segregation
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart
    隔离;分隔
    the segregation of pupils with learning difficulties.
    对有学习困难的学生的分隔。
    ■the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment
    种族隔离
    an official policy of racial segregation.
    官方的种族隔离政策。
    ■(Genetics)the separation of pairs of alleles at meiosis and their independent transmission via separate gametes
    (遗传)(等位基因的)分离
派生
segregational
adjective
segregationist
( & )
adjective& noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from late Latin segregatio(n-), from the verb segregare (see segregate)
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