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a range of many people or things that are very different from each other synonym variety差异(性);不同(点) the biological diversity of the rainforests 热带雨林的生物多样性 a great/wide/rich diversity of opinion 意见纷纭
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2, The environmentb2People are being encouraged to celebrate the diversity of their communities. 人们被鼓动着颂扬他们社区的多样性。 The south-east has the highest diversity of freshwater fish in the country. 东南部是该国淡水鱼多样性最高的地方。 The teaching profession does not yet reflect the diversity of the population. 教师职业还没有反映出人口的多样性。 the rich diversity of the city's cultural life 城市文化生活的丰富多彩 There is a wide diversity of views on this subject. 关于这一主题存在着多种多样的看法。 There was a great diversity of opinion. 大家意见纷纭。 The producer was under pressure to maintain a diversity in his output. 生产商承受着保持产品多元化的压力。 the need to preserve biological diversity 保持生物多样性的需要 the growing ethnic diversity of Western societies 西方社会日益增长的种族多样性
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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the quality or fact of including a range of many people or things 多样性;多样化 There is a need for greater diversity and choice in education. 教育方面需要更加多元化和更大的选择性。 The company is working to improve its profile in terms of diversity and inclusion (= offering equal opportunities to people from minority groups). 该公司正在努力提高其在多样性和包容性方面的形象。
Collocations Race and immigrationRace and immigration 种族与移民 Prejudice and racism 偏见与种族歧视 - experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-semitism
经历/遭遇种族歧视/歧视/偏见/反犹太主义 - face/suffer persecution/discrimination
面临/遭受迫害/歧视 - fear/escape from/flee racial/political/religious persecution
惧怕/逃离种族/政治/宗教迫害 - constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
构成/是一种种族歧视 - reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
反映出/揭示出/表现出/具有种族/文化偏见 - be biased/be prejudiced against (especially British English) black people/(both especially North American English) people of color/African Americans/Asians/Africans/Indians, etc.
对黑人/有色人种/非裔美国人/亚洲人/非洲人/印度人等有偏见 - discriminate against minority groups/minorities
歧视少数群体/少数民族 - perpetuate/conform to/fit/defy a common/popular/traditional/negative stereotype
固守/遵从/符合/藐视普遍的/流行的/传统的/负面的模式化观念 - overcome/be blinded by deep-seated/racial/(especially North American English) race prejudice
克服根深蒂固的/种族的偏见;被根深蒂固的/种族的偏见所蒙蔽 - entrench/perpetuate racist attitudes
固守种族主义的态度 - hurl/shout (especially British English) racist abuse; (especially North American English) a racist/racial/ethnic slur
高声地进行种族污辱 - challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
拒绝接受/对抗种族主义/歧视/偏见 - combat/fight (against)/tackle blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic racism
打压/反对/处理公然的/公开的/隐蔽的/微妙的/制度性的种族歧视
Race and society 种族和社会 - damage/improve (especially British English) race relations
破坏/改善种族关系 - practise (racial/religious) tolerance/segregation
- bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
消除/打破/超越文化/种族隔阂 - encourage/promote social integration
鼓励/促进社会融合 - outlaw/end discrimination/slavery/segregation
取缔/终止歧视/奴隶制/种族隔离 - promote/embrace/celebrate cultural diversity
促进/欣然接纳/颂扬文化多样性 - conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
遵循/挑战/违背(公认的/确立的/盛行的/占支配地位的)社会/文化规范 - live in a multicultural society
生活在多元文化社会 - attack/criticize multiculturalism
攻击/批评多元文化主义 - fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality
为种族平等而斗争;促进种族平等 - perpetuate/reinforce economic and social inequality
延续/加剧经济和社会的不平等 - introduce/be for/be against (British English) positive discrimination/(especially North American English) affirmative action
推行/支持/反对积极性区别对待政策 - support/be active in/play a leading role in the civil rights movement
支持/积极参与/领导民权运动
Immigration 移居 - control/restrict/limit/encourage immigration
控制/限制/鼓励外来移民 - attract/draw a wave of immigrants
吸引一批外来移民 - assist/welcome refugees
援助/欣然接受难民 - house/shelter refugees and asylum seekers
安置/庇护难民和寻求政治避难者 - smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK
偷运非法移民到英国 - deport/repatriate illegal immigrants/failed asylum seekers
驱逐/遣返非法移民/寻求政治避难失败者 - assimilate/integrate new immigrants
同化/融合新移民 - employ/hire migrant workers
雇用流动工人 - exploit/rely on (cheap/illegal) immigrant labour
- apply for/gain/obtain/be granted/be denied (full) citizenship
申请/获得/准予/未准予(完全的)公民身份 - have/hold dual citizenship
持有双重国籍
Extra Examplesdiversity in the style of the reports 报道风格的多元化 Tyrannies do not allow diversity and disagreement. 专制统治不容许多元化和不同意见。 You're lucky to work for a company that values diversity. 你很幸运为一家重视多样性的公司工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French diversite, from Latin diversitas, from diversus ‘diverse’, past participle of divertere ‘turn aside’, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.