segregate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
发音 sĕ'grəgət
英文释义
名词 n.
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An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.
— A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.
动词 v.
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To separate.
— One aim of the reorganisation on both routes is to segregate completely the operation of the District and Tilbury Lines between London and Upminster, removing physical connections between the two.
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In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics.
— Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.
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To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart.
— Although the California State Supreme Court ended the official segregation of public schools in 1877, Sacramento continued to segregate well into the 1880s (Sacramento African American Historical and Cultural Society [SAAHCS] 1990:9, 20).
形容词 adj.
- Separate; select.
- Separated from others of the same kind.
- Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.
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词源 1
From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.
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From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.
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From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.
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