segregate
verb🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they segregate | 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/ 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it segregates | 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪts/ 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple segregated | 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle segregated | 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form segregating | 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- segregate somebody (from somebody)
to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way 隔离并区别对待（不同种族、宗教或性别的人） a culture in which women are segregated from men 妇女受到隔离歧视的文化 Whites and blacks were segregated into different parts of town. 白人和黑人被分为城镇的不同部分。 a racially segregated community 实行种族隔离的社会 a segregated school (= one for students of one race or religion only) 单一种族（或信仰）的学校
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyc2The women were segregated from the male workers in the factory. 在这家工厂里女工和男工是分开的。 Women's work has always been highly segregated. 女性的工作一直严格与男性分开。 This is perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States. 这可能是美国种族隔离最严重的城市。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strictly
- according to
- by
- from
- …
- highly segregated
- racially segregated
- segregate something (from something)
to keep one thing separate from another （使）分开，分离，隔离 Pedestrians are segregated from the traffic by a metal barrier. 行人通过金属屏障与交通隔离。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strictly
- according to
- by
- from
- …
- highly segregated
- racially segregated
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin segregat- ‘separated from the flock’, from the verb segregare, from se- ‘apart’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’.