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    reverse discrimination

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++reˌverse discrimiˈnation noun [uncountable]  SARthe practice of giving unfair treatment to a group of people who usually have advantages, in order to be fair to the group of people who were unfairly treated in the past 逆向歧视〔为了公平对待过去受歧视的团体而以不公平的方式对待通常占优势的团体〕 → positive discrimination
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    reverse discrimination• The fact is that both the benefits of affirmative action and the white-male fears of reverse discrimination have been exaggerated.• At this point the debate over the civil rights bill merged into a wider national debate concerning the legitimacy of reverse discrimination.• There are a number of legal formulae by which any suggestion of reverse discrimination is ruled out.• Thomas was renowned as a vigorous opponent of affirmative action or reverse discrimination, espousing minority self-help rather than racial quotas.• She does think it is sometimes reverse discrimination but wonders how else people will move up.
    reˌverse discrimiˈnation nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus treatment of giving practice the to unfair


    reverse discrimination
    reˌverse discrimiˈnation noun [uncountable]
    the practice of giving unfair treatment to a group of people who usually have advantages, in order to be fair to the group of people who were unfairly treated in the past ⇨ positive discrimination


    reverse discriminationBrE /rɪˌvɜːs dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˌvɜːrs dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) the practice or policy of making sure that a particular number of jobs, etc. are given to people from groups that are often treated unfairly because of their race, sex, etc. 反向区别对待，反向歧视，逆向歧视（对因种族、性别等原因遭受歧视的群体在就业等方面给予特别照顾） HELP The term reverse discrimination is nearly always used in a disapproving way; to describe this policy in a way that is not necessarily disapproving use positive discrimination or affirmative action. * reverse discrimination 这个术语几乎总是用于贬义；不一定含贬义的说法是 positive discrimination 或 affirmative action。