African-American 词态变化
复数: African-Americans;
African-American 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.
African-American 英文释义
- 1. an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
African-American 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。
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- 2. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
- 非洲国民大会威胁要退出会谈。
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- 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。
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- 4. They flew the flag of the African National Congress.
- 他们升起非洲人国民大会的旗帜。
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- 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。
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African-American 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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