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

• 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。
• 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。
• Amnesty International says a campaign of ethnic cleansing seems to have started to destabilise the region.
  国际特赦组织表示，种族清洗运动似乎已经开始动摇该地区。
• 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。
• Many of the comments posted online call for ethnic cleansing.
  许多出现在互联网上的帖子都呼吁进行一场种族清洗。
• 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。
• In such a world, what hope is there of addressing the risks of nuclear conflict, ethnic cleansing and environmental disaster?
  在这样一个世界中，解决核冲突、种族清洗和环境灾难风险的希望何在？
• 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。
• She wrote two volumes of her memoirs while remaining active in politics, campaigning against the Maastricht Treaty and condemning the Serbian policy of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia.
  她著有两本回忆录，同时还活跃在政界，开展各种活动反对《马斯特里赫特条约》，并谴责塞尔维亚在波斯尼亚的种族清洗政策。