segregation
US /ˌseɡ.rəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
UK /ˌseɡ.rəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
1.
分離, 隔離
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart
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The segregation of waste materials is important for recycling.
廢物的分離對回收很重要。
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There was a clear segregation of duties in the new organizational structure.
新的組織結構中職責劃分明確。
2.
種族隔離, 隔離
the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment
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Racial segregation was a major issue in the civil rights movement.
種族隔離是民權運動中的一個主要問題。
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The country abolished legal segregation decades ago.
該國幾十年前就廢除了法律上的種族隔離。