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ghetto 音標拼音: [g'ɛto] n. 猶太人區 猶太人區 ghetto n 1: formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; " the Warsaw ghetto" 2: any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; " the relative security of the gay ghetto"; " no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool" 3: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictionsGhetto \ Ghet" to\, n. [ It.] A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. -- Evelyn. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. By extension: Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low- income African- Americans. [ PJC] 3. [ fig.] Any isolated group of people. [ PJC] 4. [ fig.] Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. [ PJC] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " ghetto": Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, black ghetto, blighted area, business district, central city, city center, core, downtown, greenbelt, inner city, midtown, outskirts, red- light district, residential district, run- down neighborhood, shopping center, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, uptown, urban blight
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