resegregate
verb [ T or I ] (also re-segregate) uk/ˌriːˈseɡ.rɪ.ɡeɪt/
重新隔离
to become, or cause something to become, segregated (= keeping people separate or treating them differently, according to race, sex, religion, etc.) again
Opponents of reform are arguing that giving people a choice of schools will re-segregate public schools.
A third of the district's schools have resegregated. 该地区三分之一的学校已经重新隔离。
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- If you put off a large number of the African-American students it would effectively re-segregate the campus.
- If one group moves in and one group moves out, it goes back to being re-segregated, doesn't it?
- Over the past three decades, the city's schools have steadily resegregated.