ghetto

英 ['ɡetəʊ] 美 ['ɡetoʊ]

• n. 少数民族聚居区；贫民区；犹太人区

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 贫民区
2. 犹太人街
3. 少数民族聚居区
4. 犹太人居住区
5. 聚居区
6. 犹太人区

英英释义

Noun:

1. formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live;

   "the Warsaw ghetto"
   

2. any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping;

   "the relative security of the gay ghetto"
   "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"
   

3. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Children grow up streetwise in the ghetto.
   在贫民区，孩子们在充斥着犯罪与毒品交易的街道上长大。
2. Wilson appreciates Moynihan for shedding light on ghetto poverty.
   威尔逊赞赏莫伊尼汉揭示了贫民区贫困的现象。
3. On his final escapade he ran away from a unit on its way to the Russian front and went to ground in the Warsaw Ghetto.
   最后一次逃跑，他是从一个部队单位往俄国前线跑，最后逃到了华沙的犹太人区。
4. Some people in the porn industry also opposed the idea as they believe it would confine adult content to the ghetto.
   一些人在色情业也反对的想法，因为他们相信这将只限于成人内容向犹太人区。

经典引文

• In the ghettos of Chicago..the problems of poverty and despair are graphically illustrated.

  出自： M. L. King

• Our negotiators are pushing..to break up the traditional 'women's work' ghettos.

  出自：Nursery World

词汇搭配

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近反义词

【近义词】

• slum 贫民窟