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the ghetto
此义指历史上欧洲城市中强制犹太人居住的区域；定冠词 the 特指已知的犹太人区。
The ghetto was surrounded by walls.
犹太人区被围墙环绕。
犹太人区
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犹太人区
the historical Jewish quarter of a city
The ghetto was surrounded by walls.
犹太人区被围墙环绕。
(历史上,尤指中世纪意大利和纳粹欧洲)犹太人被迫聚居的区域。
An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
历史上许多欧洲城市中犹太人被迫居住的限定区域
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
(城市中)特定民族、种族或族群聚居的(常为贫困的)区域。
An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
因偏见或刻板印象导致的任何隔离式生活或工作方式
any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
The museum exhibition explains how families lived in the city's old Jewish ghetto.
博物馆展览介绍了人们如何在城市古老的犹太人区生活。
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Many of the narrow streets in the ghetto still exist today.
这个犹太人区里的许多狭窄街道至今仍然存在。
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Historians have studied the daily life of people who were forced into the ghettos.
历史学家研究了那些被迫进入犹太人区的人们的日常生活。
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the Warsaw ghetto
华沙犹太人区
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此义指历史上欧洲城市中强制犹太人居住的区域；定冠词 the 特指已知的犹太人区。
The ghetto was surrounded by walls.
犹太人区被围墙环绕。
in the ghetto 作地点状语，表示“在犹太人区里”。
They lived in the ghetto for many years.
他们在犹太人区住了多年。
a 用于不特指或初次提及；复数形式通常为 ghettos，也可写作 ghettoes 或 ghetti。
A ghetto was established in the city.
这座城市里设立了一个犹太人区。
Not this
In the past, Jews were forced to live in ghetto.
Use this
In the past, Jews were forced to live in a ghetto.
ghetto 是可数名词，单数形式不能单独出现，需要加冠词 a 或 the；这里泛指某一个犹太人区，所以用 a ghetto。
Not this
There are several ghetto in the old city.
Use this
There are several ghettos in the old city.
several 后面要用可数名词复数，ghetto 的复数形式是 ghettos，不能漏掉 -s。
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犹太人隔离区
The city preserved the remains of the medieval Jewish ghetto.
这座城市保留了中世纪犹太人隔离区的遗迹。
隔都围墙
The ghetto walls were torn down in the nineteenth century.
隔都围墙在十九世纪被拆除。
华沙隔都
The Warsaw Ghetto was established by Nazi Germany in 1940.
华沙隔都是纳粹德国于1940年建立的。
隔都起义
Historians still debate the impact of the ghetto uprising.
历史学家仍在争论隔都起义的影响。
大功率便携音响
He carried a ghetto blaster on his shoulder, blasting hip-hop.
他肩上扛着一台大功率便携音响，大声放着嘻哈音乐。
（非裔美国人社区的）认可资格
She got a ghetto pass because she grew up in that neighborhood.
因为她在那个街区长大，所以获得了社区的认可。
俗艳奢华风格的
She wore a ghetto fabulous outfit of gold chains and designer sneakers.
她穿着金链子和名牌运动鞋，一身俗艳奢华风格的装扮。
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ghetto 可联想为“隔都”——被隔离的城区，历史上犹太人被限居于此。
语域：formal 常见场景：history textbooks、historical research、museum displays 该义项指历史上城市中强制犹太人居住的特定区域，多用于历史叙述、教材或正式讨论，语气较正式；日常口语中较少用此义。
Words ending in -etto (stiletto, libretto, palmetto) rhyme with ghetto: they share the stressed /ɛtoʊ/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes: motto and grotto end in -otto but have /ɑtoʊ/ (or /ɒtoʊ/ in British English), and veto ends in -eto but is /ˈviːtoʊ/ (long e).
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