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under apartheid
under apartheid 常作时间或背景状语，表示“在种族隔离时期/制度下”。
Many families were separated under apartheid.
许多家庭在种族隔离制度下被拆散。
种族隔离；种族隔离制度
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种族隔离；种族隔离制度
a social policy or system of racial segregation and discrimination against non-white people, especially the former official policy in South Africa
Many families were separated under apartheid.
许多家庭在种族隔离制度下被拆散。
尤指南非历史上的种族隔离制度
任何类似的种族隔离或歧视政策,尤指支持少数人统治的。
Any similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.
一种社会政策或种族隔离,涉及对非白人的政治、经济和法律歧视；南非以前的官方政策
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
基于某种特定属性的隔离政策或状况。
A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
In history class, we learned about the apartheid system that once divided South Africa.
在历史课上，我们了解了曾经分裂南非的种族隔离制度。
The museum has a section that explains how ordinary people resisted apartheid every day.
博物馆有一个展区，讲述普通民众每天如何抵抗种族隔离。
Her grandfather showed her old photographs taken during the apartheid years.
她祖父给她看了种族隔离时期拍摄的老照片。
under apartheid 常作时间或背景状语，表示“在种族隔离时期/制度下”。
Many families were separated under apartheid.
许多家庭在种族隔离制度下被拆散。
apartheid 可作名词定语修饰另一名词，如 apartheid policy、apartheid regime。
She grew up in the apartheid era.
她在种族隔离时代长大。
表达“废除/结束种族隔离”可用 end 或 abolish 搭配 apartheid。
Nelson Mandela worked to end apartheid.
纳尔逊·曼德拉为废除种族隔离制度而奋斗。
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Many black South Africans suffered in apartheid.
Use this
Many black South Africans suffered under apartheid.
表示“在种族隔离制度下”时，apartheid 与介词 under 固定搭配，指处于该制度的环境或统治之下；in 通常表示具体空间或时间，因此这里应改用 under。
Not this
South Africa had an apartheid for many decades.
Use this
South Africa had apartheid for many decades.
apartheid 表示“种族隔离制度”时为不可数名词，不能加不定冠词 an，也不能用复数；泛指这项制度时直接使用零冠词。
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The apartheid government was very apartheid.
Use this
The apartheid government was very racist.
apartheid 是名词，不能作 be 动词后的表语形容词；要描述政府具有种族歧视性质，需改用形容词 racist，既符合语法又保留原意。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
结束种族隔离
International pressure helped end apartheid in South Africa.
国际压力帮助结束了南非的种族隔离。
反对种族隔离
She opposed apartheid all her life.
她一生都在反对种族隔离。
反种族隔离运动
The anti-apartheid movement grew stronger in the 1980s.
反种族隔离运动在20世纪80年代变得更加强大。
在种族隔离制度下
Under apartheid, black South Africans were denied many rights.
在种族隔离制度下，南非黑人被剥夺了许多权利。
种族隔离政权
The apartheid regime finally collapsed in the early 1990s.
种族隔离政权最终在20世纪90年代初垮台。
性别隔离
The organization campaigns against gender apartheid in the workplace.
该组织倡导消除工作场所的性别隔离。
数字隔离
Millions of rural students face digital apartheid without reliable internet access.
数百万农村学生因缺乏可靠的互联网接入而面临数字隔离。
文化隔离
Critics called the ban on local languages a form of cultural apartheid.
批评者称禁止当地语言是一种文化隔离。
种族隔离是错误的。
Many artists in the 1980s sang that apartheid was wrong, helping to build a global movement.
20世纪80年代许多艺术家唱道种族隔离是错误的，帮助发起了全球运动。
种族隔离是反人类罪。
The United Nations declared apartheid a crime against humanity in 1973.
联合国于1973年宣布种族隔离为反人类罪。
Use apartheid naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：apart 是“分开”，-heid 像名词后缀 -hood；种族隔离就是把人按种族“分开”的制度，想起南非曾把黑人与白人隔离。
语域：formal 常见场景：南非种族隔离制度的历史叙述、政治与社会政策报道 apartheid 是正式且带有历史和政治色彩的名词，通常用于历史叙述、新闻报道或政治讨论中，多指南非过去的种族隔离制度；日常口语中较少使用。
apartheid 读作 /əˈpɑrˌtaɪt/，重音在 ap-，末尾 -theid 的读音相当于 appetite 的 -tite /taɪt/，并与 height /haɪt/、quite /kwaɪt/ 押韵。注意：开头的 apart 只是拼写相似，不能按 apart 的单独读音类推；这里 h 不发音，th 不读 /θ/，也不要读成“apart-heed”“a part hide”或“apart-hate”。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.