
(尤指因种族、性别、宗教、阶层等原因)把……隔离开来;分开;使分离。
/seret/
The school was ordered to segregate its students.
学校被命令将学生分开隔离。
Many cities once segregated housing by race, a policy that shaped inequality for generations.
许多城市曾按种族隔离住房,这一政策在几代人中塑造并加剧了不平等。
来自拉丁语 segregare,由 *se-*(“分开”)+ grex/gregis(“群、群体”)组成,字面意思是“从群体中分开”。该词在社会历史语境中常与“(制度性的)隔离”相关,尤其用于描述种族隔离等现象。