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。
• That tribe is facing ethnic cleansing.
  那部落正面临种族灭绝的厄运。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Georgia yesterday resurrected an international Racial Discrimination Convention from the 1960s to take Russia to a United Nations court in the Hague over its invasion of South Ossetia, accusing Moscow of ethnic cleansing.
  格鲁吉亚昨日翻出了上世纪60年代一项有关种族歧视的国际公约，就俄罗斯入侵南奥塞梯向海牙联合国法院提出起诉，指控其犯有种族清洗罪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。