| 单词 | to be endorsed out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be endorsed out f. South African. In passive phrase to be endorsed out, of black people: to be moved away from an urban area by the authorities because one lacks certain endorsements in an identity pass (see quot. 1963). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [verb (intransitive)] > of black people: be moved away from urban area to be endorsed out1963 1963 M. H. Wilson & A. Mafeje Langa 2 A man is ‘endorsed out’ if he is without employment, and has not lived in Cape Town for at least fifteen years, or been with one employer for at least ten years; a woman if she is neither employed nor the wife of a man ‘exempted’. 1965 Economist 7 Aug. p. viii/2 When they [sc. people of Transkei] lose jobs in the white towns..they are ‘endorsed out’ by officials. 1970 Observer 19 Apr. 25/6 The rich African, too, can be sent to jail without a pass, or ‘endorsed out’ from the townships into the reserves. 1980 J. Cock Maids & Madams 245 A woman living in an urban township may..be endorsed out if she is widowed or divorced. < as lemmas |
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