【常用新聞英文語彙】你所不知道的profile,當及物動詞使用時的3種中文語意


profile 當及物動詞使用時是甚麼意思?

1.歧視
The U.S. already profiles all passengers, using computer software.
美國已經用電腦軟體歧視所有乘客。

2.認定
Trying to profile would-be terrorists based on metrics like education or income can be counterproductive.
想要以教育程度或收入水平這些指數來認定可能的恐怖份子有時候效果適得其反。

3.介紹
TIME profiles 18 people who have dedicated them-selves to saving lives around world.
時代雜誌介紹十八位奉獻自己拯救世界各地人類的人士。

profiling (n.)
歧視。 She last week went to three Brooklyn churches to talk about racial profiling.
她上星期到布魯克林三家教堂談論種族歧視問題。

The next time a police officer stops me, I plan to explain that suspecting me of a crime simply because I look foreign constitutes racial profiling.
下次有警員攔阻我時,我會跟他說,只因我看起來像外國人就懷疑我犯罪是種族歧視。



資料來源:京文出版社https://www.gainwind.com.tw/


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