Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
affirmative action \affirmative action\ n.
1. a policy of making active efforts to improve the
employment or educational opportunities available to
members of minority groups or women; -- achieved by
employers or schools by using various techniques, but
excluding the use of simple quotas or outright
discrimination against white males.
Note: affirmative action is required by law for certain
employers in the United States.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affirmative action
n 1: a policy designed to redress past discrimination against
women and minority groups through measures to improve their
economic and educational opportunities; "affirmative action
has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978
in the Bakke decision"
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
