Segregate

释义 Definition

（尤指因种族、性别、宗教、阶层等原因）把……隔离开来；分开；使分离。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/

例句 Examples

The school was ordered to segregate its students.
学校被命令将学生分开隔离。

Many cities once segregated housing by race, a policy that shaped inequality for generations.
许多城市曾按种族隔离住房，这一政策在几代人中塑造并加剧了不平等。

词源 Etymology

来自拉丁语 segregare，由 *se-*（“分开”）+ grex/gregis（“群、群体”）组成，字面意思是“从群体中分开”。该词在社会历史语境中常与“（制度性的）隔离”相关，尤其用于描述种族隔离等现象。

相关词 Related Words

• Separate
• Isolate
• Divide
• Partition
• Discriminate
• Integrate
• Desegregate

文学作品 Literary Works

• Brown Girl, Brownstones — Paule Marshall
• The Warmth of Other Suns — Isabel Wilkerson
• Invisible Man — Ralph Ellison