ethnic cleansing

英 [ˌeθnɪk ˈklenzɪŋ]

美 [ˌeθnɪk ˈklenzɪŋ]

n.  (尤用于新闻报道)种族清洗

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• （尤用于新闻报道）种族清洗
  (used especially in news reports) the policy of forcing the people of a particular race or religion to leave an area or a country

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 种族清洗
  Ethnic cleansingis the process of using violent methods to force certain groups of people out of a particular area or country.
  1. In late May, government forces began the 'ethnic cleansing' of the area around the town.
     5月底，政府军对该镇周边地区开始实施“种族清洗”。
  2. ...the obnoxious policy of ethnic cleansing.
     可憎的种族清洗政策

英英释义

noun

• the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

双语例句

• Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo could unravel the rump Federation of Yugoslavia.
  在科索沃发生的种族清洗很可能使已经大大缩小的南斯拉夫联盟进一步解体。
• In disputed border areas, shelling and alleged ethnic cleansing by Khartoum government forces has sent hundreds of thousands fleeing south.
  在存在争议的边界地区，北苏丹政府的炮击与所谓的种族清洗，已迫使数十万人逃往南部。
• During the conflict that followed, the Serb forces launched what the called the "ethnic cleansing" of the territories under their control – the forced displacement and killings of Muslims and Croats.
  在随后的冲突中，塞族武装在他们的控制区开始了被称为“种族清洗”的恐怖行动&他们迁移和屠杀穆斯林和克罗地亚人。
• Mr Odinga has denied any foreknowledge of the ethnic cleansing of Kikuyus in Kisumu and other Lake Victoria towns where the Luo predominate.
  奥庭加断然否认他事先知道任何吉库尤人在吉苏姆（kisumu）或其他卢奥人占多数的维多利亚湖畔城镇遭受的种族清洗。
• He has also conducted ethnic cleansing against the Shi'a Iraqis and the Marsh Arabs whose culture has flourished for more than a millennium.
  他还对已有1000年灿烂文化的伊拉克少数民族和阿拉伯部落进行种族清洗。
• Croatia accused Serbia of committing ethnic cleansing and genocide in the city of Vukovar and other areas in 1991.
  克罗地亚指控塞尔维亚人1991年在武科瓦尔市等地进行种族屠杀。
• Moscow has flipped the Kosovo precedent on its head: where the west acted to prevent ethnic cleansing, in Georgia ethnic cleansing is being used by Russia to consolidate its military annexation.
  莫斯科没有让科索沃的先例重演：当时西方出面阻止了种族清洗。在格鲁吉亚，俄罗斯利用种族清洗来巩固其武力吞并的成果。
• The second option is to engage in ethnic cleansing of C players and fire the bottom 10 per cent every year.
  第二个选择是对三流队员进行种族清洗，每年将排名后10%的员工淘汰。
• It hopes the West will forget ethnic cleansing in Abkhazia drove out more than three-quarters of the local population ethnic Georgians, Greeks, Jews and others leaving the minority Abkhaz in control.
  它希望西方会忘记其在阿布哈兹实施的种族清洗，这场清洗驱逐了逾四分之三的当地人格鲁吉亚人、希腊人、犹太人和其他人种只留下控制之中、占少数的阿布哈兹人。
• The fact that ethnic cleansing is repugnant does not obviate the need to devise the most appropriate response.
  种族清洗固然令人痛恨，但这一事实并不能排除去构想更为恰当的应对方法的必要性。