the former political system in South Africa in which only white people had full political rights and other people, especially black people, were forced to live away from white people, go to separate schools, etc.种族隔离（前南非政府推行的政策）- under apartheid the pressures of life under apartheid 种族隔离下的生活压力
Extra Examples- He was jailed for advocating the violent overthrow of the apartheid system.他因倡导武力推翻种族隔离制度而入狱。
- Many countries boycotted South Africa in a bid to end apartheid.许多国家抵制南非以结束种族隔离。
- Under apartheid, white people were not allowed to marry non-white people.种族隔离制度不允许白人与非白人通婚。
Topics People in societyc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryApartheid is used before these nouns: See full entry Word Origin1940s: from Afrikaans, literally ‘separateness’, from Dutch apart ‘separate’ + -heid (equivalent of -hood).