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discriminate

verb
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they discriminate
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/
he / she / it discriminates
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪts/
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪts/
past simple discriminated
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtɪd/
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past participle discriminated
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-ing form discriminating
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/
🔊/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to recognize that there is a difference between people or things; to show a difference between people or things区别；辨别；区分 synonym differentiate, distinguish
    • discriminate (between A and B) The computer program was unable to discriminate between letters and numbers.这计算机程序不能辨别字母与数字。🔊🔊
    • discriminate something When do babies learn to discriminate voices?婴儿什么时候学会辨别嗓音呢？🔊🔊
    • discriminate A from B A number of features discriminate this species from others.有些特征使这一物种与其他物种区别开来。🔊🔊
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  2. [intransitive] to treat one person or group worse/better than another in an unfair way区别对待；歧视；偏袒
    • discriminate (against somebody) | discriminate (in favour of somebody) practices that discriminate against women and in favour of men重男轻女的做法
    • discriminate on the grounds of something It is illegal to discriminate on the grounds of race, gender or religion.基于种族，性别或宗教的歧视是非法的。
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    • He claims he was racially discriminated against when he applied for the job.他声称申请这个职位时遭受了种族歧视。
    • The present law discriminates unfairly against women.现行法律歧视女性。
    • They discriminate positively in favour of workers from ethnic minorities.他们积极地歧视少数族裔的工人。
    • Workers must avoid discriminating on the grounds of race or sex.工人必须避免以种族或性别为借口而有所歧视。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • positively
    • actively
    • unfairly
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • in favour/​favor of
    • on (the) grounds of
    • …
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    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin discriminat- ‘distinguished between’, from the verb discriminare, from discrimen ‘distinction’, from the verb discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’.