segregation
noun[U]
uk/ˌseɡ.rɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌseɡ.rəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/segregationnoun[U](OF RACES, SEXES)
thepolicyofkeepingonegroupofpeopleapartfrom another andtreatingthemdifferently,especiallybecause ofrace,sex, orreligion:
（尤指基於种族或性别原因）隔离并差别对待Thesystemofracialsegregation that used toexistinSouthAfricawas calledapartheid.南非曾经实施的把种族隔离开来的制度被称为种族隔离制度。
Thecommunityfoughtto end segregation inschoolsandhousing.这个社区为终止学校和住房的差别对待现象而奋起抗争。
the segregation ofemploymentbygender在就业方面按性别区别对待的情况
- As in therestof the AmericanSouth, segregation wasentrenchedin Louisiana at theturnof the twentiethcentury.
- Theathleteswereforbiddenby segregation tocompetein the sameraces.
- Cross-townbusingwastriedas aremedyforschoolsegregation.
- Theyobjectedto the college'sstrictsegregation of men and women.
- There was asuggestionthat segregation ofboysandgirlsforsubjectssuch asEnglishmayenableteacherstotailorlessonstoboys'interests.
segregationnoun[U](KEEPING APART)
theactofkeepingonepersonor thingseparatefrom anotherpersonor thing:
the segregation of thehealthyfrom thesick
- Regulations couldrequiresegregation of GMsoybeansfromconventionalvarieties.
- the segregation ofwastepaperforseparatecollection
Separateness and isolation in space
- apart
- apartheid
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- freely
- gappy
- givesomething/someonea wide berthidiom
- hermetically sealed
- in piecesidiom
- loose
- privacy
- private
- purdah
- resegregation
- secluded
- stand-alone
- unattached
- uninhabited
- untethered
segregationnoun[U](BIOLOGY)
biologyspecialized
theseparationofpairsofalleles(= differentformsof the samegene)duringmeiosis(= thecelldivisionthathappensaspartof theprocessofproducingyounganimalsorplants)so that theypassseparatelytoseparategametes(=reproductivecells):
（等位基因在减数分裂期间的）分离Mendel's firstlawstatesthatgenesdo notblend, butpassintactfrom onegenerationto the next, after segregation.孟德尔第一定律称基因不会混合，而是在等位基因分离后，完整地传给下一代。
Fertilizationtriggerssegregation ofchromosomes.受精触发染色体分离。
- Alcoholappearstointerferewith the segregation ofchromosomesduringeggmaturation.
- Segregation of aparticularallelelinkedwithdiseasecan betestedin thefetus.
- Abnormal segregation ofchromosomeswasevidentin theembryo.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- ribosome
- rRNA
- segregate
- sequence
- sex chromosome
- transgenic
See
segregate