connected with or belonging to a nation or people that shares a cultural tradition 民族的；種族的 ethnic groups/communities 族群；種族社區 ethnic strife/tensions/violence (= between people from different races or peoples) 種族沖突／緊張形勢／暴力 There are continuing ethnic tensions in the region. 該地區種族關系持續緊張。 ethnic Albanians living in Germany 生活在德國的阿爾巴尼亞族人 The country is divided along ethnic lines. 這個國家按民族劃分界線。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2The conference strongly condemned the practice of ethnic cleansing. 大會強烈譴責了種族清洗行爲。 The school has 70% of ethnic minority students. 學校有70%的少數民族學生。 This region of Bulgaria has a large ethnic Turkish population. 保加利亞的這一地區有很多土耳其族人。
typical of a country or culture that is very different from modern Western culture and therefore interesting for people in Western countries 具有民族特色的；異國風味的 ethnic clothes/jewellery/cooking 具有民族特色的服裝／珠寶首飾／烹調
Extra ExamplesThere has been an explosion in the popularity of ethnic crafts. 民族工藝品的流行程度激增。 There was a stall selling ethnic jewellery from Afghanistan. 有一個攤位銷售來自阿富汗的民族特色珠寶首飾。 the rising popularity of ethnic foods 民族食品的日益流行
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the 19th cent.