apartheid

英 [?'pɑ?the?t; ?'pɑ?ta?d] 美[?'pɑrta?t]

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apartheid 種族隔離

apart, 分開。-heid, 荷蘭語后綴，同英語-hood, 見childhood. 指南非的種族隔離政策。

apartheid: apartheid: [20] Apartheid is a direct borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid, literally ‘separateness’, which is a compound based on Dutch apart and the suffix -heid (related to English -hood). The first record of its use in Afrikaans is in 1929, but it does not appear in English-language contexts until 1947.
apartheid (n.): 1947 (policy begun 1948), from Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio-political context), literally "separateness," from Dutch apart "separate" (from French àpart; see apart) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood. The official English synonym was separate development (1955).
"Segregation" is such an active word that it suggests someone is trying to segregate someone else. So the word "apartheid" was introduced. Now it has such a stench in the nostrils of the world, they are referring to "autogenous development." [Alan Paton, "New York Times," Oct. 24, 1960]

1. Young and old saw in him an implacable opponent of apartheid.: 無論老少都看出他是種族隔離制度的堅決反對者。

2. He praised her role in the struggle against apartheid.: 他稱贊了她在反種族隔離制的斗爭中發揮的重要作用。

3. The apartheid system which enshrined racism in law still existed.: 以法律保護種族主義的種族隔離制度依舊存在。

5. Apartheid used tribalism as the basis of its "divide-and-rule" homeland policies.: 南非種族隔離制將部落制度作為其對國土“分而治之”的政策基礎。