discrimination

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/    美 /dɪˌskɹɪm.əˈneɪʃən/|/dɪskɹɪm.əˈnæɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. countable,uncountable
    — Have you felt the weight of the considerations which have been presented, in order to show the importance of discrimination on the subject of revealed truth?
  2. Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. countable,sometimes,uncountable
    — sexual or racial discrimination
  3. The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste. uncountable
    — Near-synonym: tastefulness
  4. That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic. countable,obsolete
    — He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea.

词形变化

discriminations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antidiscrimination counterdiscrimination enantiodiscrimination facial discrimination indiscrimination non-discrimination nondiscrimination positive discrimination price discrimination reverse discrimination self-discrimination self discrimination underdiscrimination
相关词
stereotype bias racism

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.
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