civil rights

noun
🔊/ˌsɪvl ˈraɪts/
🔊/ˌsɪvl ˈraɪts/
[plural]
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  1. the rights that every person in a society has, for example to be treated equally, to be able to vote, work, etc. whatever their sex, race or religion公民权
    • the civil rights leader Martin Luther King民权领袖马丁 · 路德 · 金
    • civil rights for disabled people残疾人的公民权利
    • the civil rights movement民权运动
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCivil rights is used before these nouns:
    • demonstration
    • enforcement
    • era
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