| 单词 | discrimination |
| 释义 | discrimination —discriminational, adj. /di skrim'euh nay"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of discriminating. 2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. 3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination. 4. Archaic. something that serves to differentiate. [1640-50; < L discrimination- (s. of discriminatio) a distinguishing. See DISCRIMINATE, -ION] Syn. 3. discernment, taste, acumen, perception. |
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