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

• This is a just war, based not on any territorial ambitions but on values, he said of the Nato action in Kosovo. We cannot let the evil of ethnic cleansing stand.
  这是一场正义的战争，并非基于任何领土方面的野心，而是基于价值观，他在谈到北约（Nato）在科索沃的行动时表示，我们不能容许种族清洗的罪恶存在。
• 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。
• 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。
• That tribe is facing ethnic cleansing.
  那部落正面临种族灭绝的厄运。
• 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。
• 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。
• Genocide, war crime, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity belong to the situations threatening human security, so international society must provide protection in the framework of UN.
  灭绝种族、战争罪、族裔清洗和危害人类罪之害属于威胁人类安全的事项，因此，国际社会必须在联合国及其集体安全制度的框架范围内提供保护的责任。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ministers expressed dismay at the continued practice of ethnic cleansing
  部长们表达了对持续进行的种族清洗的忧虑。