ghetto

英 [ˈɡetəʊ]

美 [ˈɡetoʊ]

n.  (相同种族或背景人的)聚居区; 贫民区; (昔日城市中的)犹太人居住区

复数：ghettos　

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Collins.2 / BNC.11864 / COCA.8584

牛津词典

noun

• （相同种族或背景人的）聚居区；贫民区
  an area of a city where many people of the same race or background live, separately from the rest of the population. Ghettos are often crowded, with bad living conditions.
  1. a poor kid growing up in the ghetto
     在贫民区长大的穷孩子
  2. The south coast of Spain has become something of a tourist ghetto.
     西班牙南海岸可以说已经成为旅游者的聚居区。
• （昔日城市中的）犹太人居住区
  the area of a town where Jews were forced to live in the past
  1. the Warsaw ghetto
     华沙的犹太人居住区

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 贫民区；（相同种族、宗教或国籍的人的）聚居区
  Aghettois a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else.
  1. ...the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles.
     纽约和洛杉矶的黑人聚居区
  2. ...the gang kids who will never escape the ghetto.
     永远无法走出贫民区的帮派少年

英英释义

noun

• a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
• formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
  1. the Warsaw ghetto
• any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
  1. the relative security of the gay ghetto
  2. no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool

双语例句

• I was discovering that I could not escape the ghetto after all.
  我发现自己归根到底无法摆脱黑人区。
• To the north is josefov, where mossy, haunted fragments of the old Jewish ghetto remain.
  向北是过去的犹太人地区（josefov），那里长满青苔，仍然留存着零星的犹太区。
• It's about this black kid growing up in the ghetto.
  它讲的是这个在贫民区长大的黑孩子的事。
• One of the most atmospheric corners of Prague is the old Jewish ghetto.
  古老的犹太人社区是布拉格最具特色的角落之一。
• The visitors came and went and spread glowing reports about the paradise Ghetto.
  客人的来来去去，传播着关于犹太乐园的一些热情洋溢的报道。
• Ghetto life in European cities.
  欧洲城市中少数民族聚居区的生活。
• You'll liquidate the ghetto.
  你将会清理犹太区。
• What affects it, affects me, for I am a child of the ghetto.
  任何影响黑人区的事物都影响着我，因为我是黑人区的孩子。
• Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.
  城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
• Here come ghetto ghetto and her two twins.
  来了个富家小姐和她的两个双胞胎姐妹。