discriminate
- IPA[dəˈskriməˌnāt]
美式
- make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex, age, or disability；recognize a distinction; differentiate
verb: discriminate, 3rd person present: discriminates, gerund or present participle: discriminating, past tense: discriminated, past participle: discriminated
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動詞
- 1. make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex, age, or disability existing employment policies discriminate against women 同義詞
- 2. recognize a distinction; differentiate babies can discriminate between different facial expressions of emotion 同義詞
- ▪ perceive or constitute the difference in or between features that discriminate this species from other gastropods bats can discriminate a difference in echo delay of between 69 and 98 millionths of a second
- having or showing refined taste or good judgement: he became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a person) having or showing refined taste or good judgment: he became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt]
英式
- make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, ... existing employment policies discriminate against women
Oxford Dictionary
