apartheid
noun [ U ] uk/əˈpɑː.taɪt/ /əˈpɑː.teɪt/ us/əˈpɑːr.teɪt/ /əˈpɑːr.taɪt/
（旧时南非的）种族隔离制度
(especially in the past in South Africa) a political system in which people of different races are separated
the long-awaited dismantling (= end) of apartheid 盼望已久的对种族隔离制度的废除