ghettoize

• 动词，指将某个群体隔离或限制在特定区域（通常是条件较差的聚居区），或使某地变成这样的隔离区。

A verb used to describe the act of isolating or confining a group of people to a specific area, often with poor conditions, or treating an area as a ghetto.

1. To confine to a ghettoC1formal

   To force a group of people to live in a restricted area, often due to social, economic, or ethnic reasons.

   强制隔离居住

   • The regime attempted to ghettoize the minority population.
   • Urban planning policies can inadvertently ghettoize certain communities.
   • They were ghettoized in the poorest part of the city.

   同义词confineghettoiseisolatemarginalizesegregate

   反义词assimilatefreeintegrateliberate

2. To isolate or marginalizeC1formal

   To treat a group or activity as separate and less important, often by limiting their opportunities or influence.

   隔离或边缘化

   • The company's policy seemed to ghettoize the creative department.
   • Some critics argue that streaming services ghettoize independent films.
   • The school's system ghettoized students with learning disabilities.

   同义词excludeghettoiseisolatemarginalizeostracizepigeonholesegregatesideline

   反义词assimilateincludeintegrate