单词 | segregated |
释义 | segregated (once / 5054 pages) adj Segregated means separated. Some people think it’s a good idea to keep boys and girls segregated — or separated from each other — at school. Others believe that boys and girls should learn in the same classrooms. One person can be segregated from a group, as when a sick person is kept in isolation so others don’t become infected. Whole groups of people can also be segregated from each other. Since the late 1800s, segregated has been used in reference to the forced exclusion of African Americans from places where only whites were allowed, including schools, movie theaters, and train cars. The Latin root is segregare, "separated from the flock." WORD FAMILYsegregated: nonsegregated, unsegregated+/desegregate: desegregated, desegregates, desegregating, desegregation/segregate: desegregate, segregated, segregates, segregating, segregation, segregator/segregation: segregationism, segregations/segregationism: segregationist/segregationist: segregationists/segregator: segregators USAGE EXAMPLESThe Lorraine, I learn, catered to black travelers at a time when the much of the South — including Memphis — remained segregated. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) An only child, he attended a segregated school. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) "The government must focus on integrating those small pockets of people living in segregated communities. Instead, they are creating hostility towards all minority communities." BBC(Dec 18, 2016) adj separated or isolated from others or a main group a segregated school system a segregated neighborhood Syn|Ant unintegrated isolated, quarantined under forced isolation especially for health reasons separateseparated according to race, sex, class, or religion sequesteredkept separate and secluded lily-white, whiterestricted to whites only separateindependent; not united or joint dividedseparated into parts or pieces integrated not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups co-ed, coeducationalattended by members of both sexes desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregatedrid of segregation; having had segregation ended interracial, mixedinvolving or composed of different races mainstreamed(of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes integrativecombining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole jointunited or combined unitedcharacterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity |
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