African-American

中低频词

['æfrikən ə'merikən]

释义

非洲裔美国人（指美国黑人）

词态变化

复数: African-Americans;

英文词源

African-American (adj.): there are isolated instances from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but the modern use is a re-invention first attested 1969 (in reference to the African-American Teachers Association) which became the preferred term in some circles for "U.S. black" (noun or adjective) by the late 1980s. Mencken, 1921, reports Aframerican "is now very commonly used in the Negro press." Afro-American is attested in 1853, in freemen's publications in Canada. Africo-American (1817 as a noun, 1826 as an adjective) was common in abolitionist and colonization society writings.

双语例句

1. And a number of African countries, too, are slipping through the net.: 并且一些非洲国家也被漏掉了。

2. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.: 非洲国民大会威胁要退出会谈。

3. Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.: 当代非洲电影在活力和新颖性上颇足称道。

5. The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.: 除非受恶劣天气干扰，南非邮船一般在星期五上午抵达。

英英释意

实用场景例句

You and I know how true this is in the African - American community.: 我们都知道这在黑人社区中是多么的常见.

Life for the average African - American has also improved remarkably.: 即使普通黑人的生活也得到了显著提高.

Terry Crews as Hale Caesar, an African - American Expendable and Bao's best friend, also a weapons specialist.: 杜夫·朗格饰演贡纳·延森, 不喜欢邵宝, 经常与他发生争执.

考试真题

A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the "Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers" or the "National Black Employees Association," the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' con

According to Mark Saul, the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or hispanic student—and only a handful of girls—has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence.

The " African-American " group estimated that he earned about ＄37, 000 a year and had a two-year college degree.

The black candle represents the African-American people, the red is for their struggles, and the green represents their hopes for the future.

The demographics of that group looked quite different from those in the competition round—of the 16 video finalists, 13 were girls and 8 were African-American students.

Then names of African-American leaders and heroes are called out, and everyone reflects upon the great things these people did.