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mixed race adj.
⇨ black black adjective black ♦︎ African American ♦︎ of colour ♦︎ coloured ♦︎ mixed race ♦︎ non-whiteThese words all describe people who have dark skin. 这些词均表示人肤色黝黑的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆black / African American / coloured / mixed-race / non-white people◆people of colour / mixed race◆black / African American culture■ black (especially BrE) belonging to a race of people who have dark skin and are originally from Africa; connected with black people 黑色人种的；黑人的◆a black girl一个黑人女孩◆black culture黑人文化ⓘ Black is the word most widely used and generally accepted in Britain. The currently accepted term for a black person from the US is African American. Black can also be a noun, but it is generally only used in the plural. * black这个词在英国广为使用和接受。指美国黑人，目前接受的词是African American。black也可用作名词，但一般仅用其复数形式◆equality for blacks and whites黑人和白人的平等地位It can sound offensive in the singular; instead you can use the adjective. 单数形式有冒犯之嫌。避免冒犯可将black用作形容词◆a black man / woman一个黑人男子／女子 ■ ˌAfrican Aˈmerican belonging to a race of people who have dark skin, originally from Africa but now American 非洲裔美国黑人的◆the first African American president美国第一位非洲裔黑人总统▸ African American noun [countable] ◆African Americans in Hollywood好莱坞的非裔美国黑人◆a young African American一名年轻的非裔美国黑人■ of colour (BrE) (NAmE of color) (especially NAmE) belonging to a race of people who do not have white skin 有色人种的◆They say that prejudice against people of color persists.他们说，针对有色人种的偏见一直存在。ⓘ Of color is also widely used in the US; it includes not only Americans of African origin, but also people of many different origins, for example Asian. * of color在美国也广为使用，不仅包括非洲裔美国黑人，还包括许多不同族裔的人，如亚裔美国人。 see also colour ⇨ colour 2 ■ coloured (BrE) (NAmE colored) (old-fashioned or offensive) not having white skin, because one or both parents have dark skin 有色人种的ⓘ This term is now considered offensive except in South Africa, where Coloured is used to describe people who have parents of different races. In Britain and the US, use black, African American or of color. 这个词现在被视为冒犯语，只在南非除外。在南非，Coloured表示混血种的。在英国和美国，用black、African American或of color来指有色人种。■ ˌmixed ˈrace having parents of different races; belonging to different races 混血种的；不同种族的◆people of mixed race不同种族的人◆mixed-race children / couples混血种的孩子；异族通婚的夫妇ⓘ Mixed race can refer to people of any race, for example white, African, Asian, etc. * mixed race可指任何种族的人，如白人、非裔、亚裔等。■ ˌnon-ˈwhite (rather formal) belonging to any race that does not have white skin 非白种人的◆the non-white population非白种人的人口ⓘ Non-white can refer to people of many different origins, for example Indian and Chinese as well as African. It is used to talk about people in general, but not usually about individual people. * non-white可指许多不同族裔的人，如印度人、中国人和非洲人。non-white修饰人时是总称，通常不指个体◆I got talking to a non-white girl about her studies. ▸ non-white noun [countable, usually plural] ◆the ratio of whites to non-whites白种人对非白种人的比例 |