Between good child care and infuriating male chauvinism, French working women have both the best and the worst of it
chauvinism
- 音節
- chau • vin • ism
- 発音
- ʃóuvənìzm
- [名詞]
- 1 熱狂[盲目]的愛国主義[心];(特定の主義・集団への)熱狂的忠誠,ショービニスム. cf.
- 2 熱狂的性差別主義 cf. ,
clear sth up (PROBLEM) phrasal verb [M]
to give or find an explanation for something, or to deal with a problem or argument:
They never cleared up the mystery of the missing money.
After twenty years, the case has finally been cleared up.
chauvinism
noun [U] DISAPPROVING ━━ n. 狂信的愛国心, 盲目的排外思想; 自尊主義; 性差別主義(的態度).
1 the strong and unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best or most important:
The war stimulated an intense national chauvinism.
2 (ALSO male chauvinism) the belief that women are naturally less important, intelligent or able than men
chauvinist
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
She called him a (male) chauvinist because of his insistence on calling all women 'girls'.
chauvinist
adjective (ALSO chauvinistic) DISAPPROVING
The crowd was enthusiastically singing chauvinistic patriotic songs.
It is a deeply chauvinist community where the few women who have jobs are ridiculed.
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