ghetto

英 [ˈɡetəʊ] 美 [ˈɡetoʊ]

n.  (相同种族或背景人的)聚居区; 贫民区; (昔日城市中的)犹太人居住区

复数:ghettos

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Collins.2 / BNC.11864 / COCA.8584



牛津词典

noun

  1. (相同种族或背景人的)聚居区;贫民区
    an area of a city where many people of the same race or background live, separately from the rest of the population. Ghettos are often crowded, with bad living conditions.
    1. a poor kid growing up in the ghetto
      在贫民区长大的穷孩子
    2. The south coast of Spain has become something of a tourist ghetto.
      西班牙南海岸可以说已经成为旅游者的聚居区。
  2. (昔日城市中的)犹太人居住区
    the area of a town where Jews were forced to live in the past
    1. the Warsaw ghetto
      华沙的犹太人居住区

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 贫民区;(相同种族、宗教或国籍的人的)聚居区
    A ghetto is a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else.
    1. ...the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles.
      纽约和洛杉矶的黑人聚居区
    2. ...the gang kids who will never escape the ghetto.
      永远无法走出贫民区的帮派少年

双语例句

  1. One of the most atmospheric corners of Prague is the old Jewish ghetto.
    古老的犹太人社区是布拉格最具特色的角落之一。
  2. Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.
    城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
  3. Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat
    贫民区有3/4的公寓没有暖气。
  4. The street includes a large chunk of ethnic Chinese ghetto.
    在这条街上有一大片华人居住区。
  5. What affects it, affects me, for I am a child of the ghetto.
    任何影响黑人区的事物都影响着我,因为我是黑人区的孩子。
  6. My ghetto roots became crucially important in this examination.
    在这一思考过程中,我在黑人区的根变得至关重要。
  7. I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good.
    我不认为自己是一个成功的、来自穷苦的贫民窟的女孩。
  8. You make it out like we live in the Warsaw ghetto.
    你这么说就仿佛我们生活在华沙犹太人区。
  9. You're a black kid from the ghetto.
    你是从犹太人区来的黑人。
  10. I had always been bothered by the passivity of the ghetto.
    黑人区的消极顺从向来使我不安。
  11. Then you wonder why where you live is always a ghetto or a slum area.
    然后,你迷惑,为什么你生活的那个地方依然是犹太人区和贫民窟。
  12. Fear can make you live in a mental and spiritual ghetto.
    恐惧就会使你的思想和精神自我封闭起来。
  13. I was discovering that I could not escape the ghetto after all.
    我发现自己归根到底无法摆脱黑人区。
  14. Have you ever lived down in the ghetto?
    你是否曾在贫民窟居住?
  15. The visitors came and went and spread glowing reports about the paradise Ghetto.
    客人的来来去去,传播着关于犹太乐园的一些热情洋溢的报道。
  16. Here come ghetto ghetto and her two twins.
    来了个富家小姐和她的两个双胞胎姐妹。
  17. He talked volubly about the problems of the ghetto.
    他口若悬河地大谈少数民族聚居区的诸多问题。
  18. Some companies have made a profit by building low-cost apartments in ghetto areas.
    有些公司在犹太人居住区建造低成本的住房而获利。
  19. To the north is josefov, where mossy, haunted fragments of the old Jewish ghetto remain.
    向北是过去的犹太人地区(josefov),那里长满青苔,仍然留存着零星的犹太区。
  20. It's about this black kid growing up in the ghetto.
    它讲的是这个在贫民区长大的黑孩子的事。
  21. Ghetto life in European cities.
    欧洲城市中少数民族聚居区的生活。
  22. Who's in charge of this ghetto?
    谁是贫民窟的主管?
  23. The Blacks 'ghetto in urban America is closely linked with the urban development in the United States.
    美国城市中的黑人聚居区与美国城市的发展息息相关。
  24. No wonder there's no money in the ghetto.
    不用怀疑,贫民窟没有钱。
  25. I happen to enjoy my ghetto brew affectation.
    我碰巧正沉浸在我的犹太人情感中。
  26. There are informers in the ghetto who will do anything for a few potatoes.
    犹太区有多少告密的,只为几个土豆他们就什么事都做的出来。
  27. Go to your side! Go to the ghetto.
    到你那边去!到犹太人区。
  28. You'll liquidate the ghetto.
    你将会清理犹太区。
  29. If you was in the white house, you'd be ghetto as hell.
    你要是在白宫,会变成像犹太人一样。

英英释义

noun

  1. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

    1. formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
      1. the Warsaw ghetto

    2. any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
      1. the relative security of the gay ghetto
      2. no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool