connected with or belonging to a nation or people that shares a cultural tradition 民族的；种族的 ethnic groups/communities 族群；种族社区 ethnic strife/tensions/violence (= between people from different races or peoples) 种族冲突／紧张形势／暴力 There are continuing ethnic tensions in the region. 该地区种族关系持续紧张。 ethnic Albanians living in Germany 生活在德国的阿尔巴尼亚族人 The country is divided along ethnic lines. 这个国家按民族划分界线。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2The conference strongly condemned the practice of ethnic cleansing. 大会强烈谴责了种族清洗行为。 The school has 70% of ethnic minority students. 学校有70%的少数民族学生。 This region of Bulgaria has a large ethnic Turkish population. 保加利亚的这一地区有很多土耳其族人。
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；异国风味的 ethnic clothes/jewellery/cooking 具有民族特色的服装／珠宝首饰／烹调
Extra ExamplesThere has been an explosion in the popularity of ethnic crafts. 民族工艺品的流行程度激增。 There was a stall selling ethnic jewellery from Afghanistan. 有一个摊位销售来自阿富汗的民族特色珠宝首饰。 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.