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ghettos

/ˈɡɛtoʊz/

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noun

犹太人聚居区，隔都.

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)

Examples :

"During World War II, the Nazis forced Jewish families to live in walled ghettos before deporting them to concentration camps. "

在第二次世界大战期间，纳粹强迫犹太家庭住在被围墙隔开的犹太人聚居区里，然后再把他们驱逐到集中营。

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noun

贫民窟，少数族裔聚居区

An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.

Examples :

"Many immigrant families first lived in the city's ghettos, where rent was cheap and they could find community with others who shared their language and culture. "

许多移民家庭最初住在城市的贫民窟里，那里房租便宜，而且他们可以找到与自己语言和文化相同的人，从而形成社区。

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noun

贫民窟, 隔离区

An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

Examples :

"During finals week, the library transformed into temporary ghettos of stressed-out students, each dedicated to their specific subject, like history or chemistry. "

考试周期间，图书馆变成了临时的高压隔离区，挤满了焦虑的学生，每个人都专注于自己的学科，比如历史或化学。

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noun

贫民窟，隔离区。

(sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.

Examples :

""The school's music program, sadly underfunded and lacking resources, had become one of the academic ghettos, separated from the main focus on math and science." "

这个学校的音乐项目，可悲的是资金不足，资源匮乏，已经变成了学术上的一个“孤岛”，与数学和科学这些主要科目隔离开来。

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