中英互译
tokenism
英 /ˈtəʊkənɪzəm/美 /ˈtoʊkənɪzəm/
基本释义
- n.象征主义;装门面;表面文章
双语例句
- Nobody likes quotas: they smack of tokenism and unfair competition.没人喜欢定量:定量看上去有些做表面文章和不公平竞争的意思。
- Women have not even reached the level of tokenism that blacks are reaching.妇女甚至还没有达到黑人所达到的象征性的平等水平。
- Young players should emerge on merit, not because of tokenism, but if we have fewer players in the squads it will create more opportunities.年轻人需要出头,这不是形象工程。如果我们球队里年轻人太少,那么就得制造机会。
网络短语
- Engage in tokenism做表面文章
同义词
英英释义
- Tokenism is the policy or practice of making a perfunctory gesture toward the inclusion of members of minority groups. This token effort is usually intended to create a false appearance of inclusiveness and deflect accusations of discrimination.
词源
- tokenism象征主义,敷衍了事token,象征,-ism,主义。
- tokenismFrom token + -ism.