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civil rights

公民权利,民事权利,公民权,民权

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, especially as applied to an individual or a minority group.
    • : the rights to full legal, social, and economic equality extended to African Americans.

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Examples

  • The loss of her job propelled her to focus full-time on writing and expanding her newspaper, which led her to become a civil rights leader and more.

  • We tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a Civil War, by passing landmark civil rights legislation.

  • Many advocacy groups and public health experts have begun to see internet access as a fundamental civil rights issue.

  • The bill is supported by the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, among others, which said it would hold platforms accountable for hosting hate speech, enabling civil rights abuse or enabling voter suppression ads.

  • Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

  • They are, to say the least, preparing for civil war (the polling stations are stormed by armed gangs).

  • But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?

  • Compared with neighbors Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos, Cambodia appears to have a blossoming civil society.

  • Strangio is at his best when exposing what appears to be a flourishing civil society in Cambodia.

  • Rashad was there to celebrate the release of the Civil Rights drama Selma.

  • His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.

  • For example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.

  • A lineman was sent out to repair it under escort of civil guards, who were forced by the rebels to retire.

  • And we will also settle and assure the particular rights and interests of every planter and adventurer.

  • In the good old days of yore there was little trouble in obtaining admission to the Civil Service.