affirmative action

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Sociologyaffirmative actionafˌfirmative ˈaction noun [uncountable] especially American English SSthe practice of choosing people for a job, college etc who are usually treated unfairly because of their race, sex etc SYN positive discrimination British EnglishExamples from the Corpusaffirmative action• an affirmative action employer• The main dissent came from conservative Republicans who saw the compromise as merely disguising an administration capitulation on affirmative action and quotas.• These people are usually drawn from the employee assistance, human resources, health promotion, affirmative action or equal employment departments.• J., it could put into jeopardy the routine affirmative action moves made by private and public employers nationwide.• In relation to affirmative action, it was felt that the Act is very unclear about what is and what is not permitted.• Weber, has been read as giving employers a largely free hand to use affirmative action in hiring, promotions and layoffs.From Longman Business Dictionaryaffirmative actionafˌfirmative ˈaction [uncountable]HUMAN RESOURCES when employers give jobs or other opportunities to people who are normally treated unfairly because of their race, sex etcaffirmative action programs → action

单词	affirmative action
释义	affirmative action From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Sociologyaffirmative actionafˌfirmative ˈaction noun [uncountable] especially American English SSthe practice of choosing people for a job, college etc who are usually treated unfairly because of their race, sex etc SYN positive discrimination British EnglishExamples from the Corpusaffirmative action• an affirmative action employer• The main dissent came from conservative Republicans who saw the compromise as merely disguising an administration capitulation on affirmative action and quotas.• These people are usually drawn from the employee assistance, human resources, health promotion, affirmative action or equal employment departments.• J., it could put into jeopardy the routine affirmative action moves made by private and public employers nationwide.• In relation to affirmative action, it was felt that the Act is very unclear about what is and what is not permitted.• Weber, has been read as giving employers a largely free hand to use affirmative action in hiring, promotions and layoffs.From Longman Business Dictionaryaffirmative actionafˌfirmative ˈaction [uncountable]HUMAN RESOURCES when employers give jobs or other opportunities to people who are normally treated unfairly because of their race, sex etcaffirmative action programs → action
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