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Segregate Latin Grex Aggregate Congregation 12738.Segregate 英 Segrɪgeɪt]美

正面 12738.segregate
英 ['segrɪgeɪt]美 ['sɛɡrɪɡet]

背面
释义:
vt. 使隔离;使分离;在…实行种族隔离
例句:
1. They segregate you from the rest of the community.他们把你与社团的其他成员隔离开。

1. se- "apart from" + greg- + -ate.2. => separate from the flock.
segregate 分离,隔离se-,分开,-greg,集群,成团,词源同 aggregate,gregarious.引申词义分离,隔离等。
segregatesegregate: [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16], and gregarious [17]).=> aggregate, congregation, egregious, gregarioussegregate (v.)1540s, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare "set apart, lay aside; isolate; divide," literally "separate from the flock," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret (n.)) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious). Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners. In modern social context, "to force or enforce racial separation and exclusion," 1908. Related: Segregated; segregating."

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