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

• The newspaper reported that in the video Rahman claimed France was carrying out 'ethnic cleansing', and told his followers what happened in France was 'war.'
  据该报的报道，在视频中拉赫曼声称法国正在进行种族清洗，他告诉他的追随者在法国发生了什么？那是（针对MSL的）战争！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Genocide, war crime, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity belong to the situations threatening human security, so international society must provide protection in the framework of UN.
  灭绝种族、战争罪、族裔清洗和危害人类罪之害属于威胁人类安全的事项，因此，国际社会必须在联合国及其集体安全制度的框架范围内提供保护的责任。
• 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。
• That tribe is facing ethnic cleansing.
  那部落正面临种族灭绝的厄运。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。