| 单词 |
non-white |
| 释义 |
non-white, a. and n.
Also non-White.
[non- 3, 2.]
A. adj. Not having a white skin; of or pertaining to people who are not white.
B. n. A non-white person. Also collect.
1921Sci. Amer. 20 Aug. 125 The States that have the greatest proportion of non-white residents. 1952B. Davidson Rep. S. Afr. i. i. 27 No serious South African will argue any longer (at least in private) that apartheid, the complete and geographical segregation of the white from the non-white at all levels, can work. 1953P. Abrahams Return to Goli ii. iii. 57 They are the most prejudiced and colour conscious of all the non-White groups. 1956Time 9 Jan. 61/2 The rarity of skin cancer among non-whites..is thought to be caused by a ‘true racial difference in susceptibility’. 1959V. Packard Status Seekers (1960) vi. 86 If white residents of an area are in no hurry to leave, but non-whites are eager to come in, the pressure of non-white demand may bid up the price of houses. 1973E. Bullins Theme is Blackness 3 America's educational institutions are predicated upon keeping Black men ignorant of themselves and the other nonwhite four-fifths of the world. 1973Black Panther 5 May 5/2 Eleven non-whites and five civil rights organizations last week charged the San Francisco Police Department with discriminatory employment practices against non-whites and women. |
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