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

• It hopes the West will forget ethnic cleansing in Abkhazia drove out more than three-quarters of the local population ethnic Georgians, Greeks, Jews and others leaving the minority Abkhaz in control.
  它希望西方会忘记其在阿布哈兹实施的种族清洗，这场清洗驱逐了逾四分之三的当地人格鲁吉亚人、希腊人、犹太人和其他人种只留下控制之中、占少数的阿布哈兹人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ministers expressed dismay at the continued practice of ethnic cleansing
  部长们表达了对持续进行的种族清洗的忧虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Each side in the conflict accused the other of ethnic cleansing.
  冲突的双方都指责对方有消灭异族的企图。
• Moscow has flipped the Kosovo precedent on its head: where the west acted to prevent ethnic cleansing, in Georgia ethnic cleansing is being used by Russia to consolidate its military annexation.
  莫斯科没有让科索沃的先例重演：当时西方出面阻止了种族清洗。在格鲁吉亚，俄罗斯利用种族清洗来巩固其武力吞并的成果。