affirmative action

英 [ə'fɜːmətɪv 'ækʃən] 美 [ə'fɜːmətɪv 'ækʃən]

• 肯定行动； 反歧视行动

英英释义

Noun:

1. a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities;

   "affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision"