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单词 gender gap
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gender gap
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈdʒen.də ˌɡæp/us
/ˈdʒen.dɚ ˌɡæp/
adifferencebetween the way men and women aretreatedinsociety, or between what men and women do andachieve:
性别差距
Thereportsaid that inEuropethe UK has thelargestgendergapbetween women's and men'searnings.报告称英国是欧洲男女收入差距最大的国家。
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  • Ourexclusivepollprobesthegendergapinsmallbusiness.
  • Men arepitchingin more with thecleaning, but there's still ahouseworkgendergap.
  • In allcountriestested,girlsoutperformboysinreading, but thegendergapis muchnarrowerinmathsandscience.
  • TheWorldEconomic Forumproducesarankingof 116countriesintermsofgendergaps,comparingopportunitiesfor womenacrosstheworld.
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(Definition ofgender gapfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgender gap

gender gap
Thus, thegendergapthat requires our concern must be limited to political participation defined more narrowly.
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It may lead to the assumption that a 'presence' of women, of any women, will address thegendergapand thereby positively change the process.
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Thegendergapin work and pay is smaller, but still significant, in higher income countries.
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There are signs, however, that thegendergapin household work has narrowed in the 1990s.
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All three parties currently have a modestgendergap, as women clearly seem to prefer the centre-right.
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The 'gendergap' is not usually very large (although it increases at both ends of the political spectrum), but it is persistent.
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Voters associate these policies with the opposition, yet nogendergapexists.
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The book ends with a concluding chapter, which gives a mixed prediction on the future of thegendergap.
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We might have expected membership of trade unions and professional associations to produce agendergap, because few women were members of these groups.
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Coverage has remained stable but this obscures a narrowinggendergapin coverage.
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Also, thegendergapis narrowing with coverage extending to 82 % of employed males and 79 % of employed females.
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Figure 1 reveals a substantialgendergapin literacy among the older population.
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This finding contradicts the general finding that thegendergapis nearly absent among college graduates.
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Thus, while the computer technology seems to promise a world beyond gender differences, thegendergapgrows wider.
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The tables in the following sections help us to explore the cause of thisgendergap.
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