学个词Learn a Word 第1409期 discriminate against

　　今天我们要学的词是discriminate¹ against。Discriminate against, 歧视。美国司法部指控说， "Bank of America discriminated² against qualified³ African-American and Hispanic applicants⁴ for home loans from 2004-2008," 美国银行在2004到2008年间，对符合标准的非洲裔和拉美裔房屋贷款者有歧视行为。虽然美国已经有几个州承认了同性婚姻， "Same-sex marriage is still banned in most states, and many communities still discriminate against gays," 大多数州仍然不承认同性婚姻，很多人依然歧视同性恋。好的，今天我们学习的词是discriminate against...

1 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

2 discriminated   

分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待

参考例句：

• His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
• Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？

3 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

4 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。