a·part·heid
noun/əˈpɑːtaɪt/, /əˈpɑːteɪt/
/əˈpɑːrtaɪt/, /əˈpɑːrteɪt/
[uncountable]- the former political system in South Africa in which only white people had full political rights and other people, especially black people, were forced to live away from white people, go to separate schools, etc.
种族隔离（前南非政府推行的政策） - under apartheid the pressures of life under apartheid
种族隔离下的生活压力
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyc2- He was jailed for advocating the violent overthrow of the apartheid system.
他因倡导武力推翻种族隔离制度而入狱。 - Many countries boycotted South Africa in a bid to end apartheid.
许多国家抵制南非，以结束种族隔离制度。 - Under apartheid, white people were not allowed to marry non-white people.
种族隔离制度不允许白人与非白人通婚。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryApartheid is used before these nouns:- era
Word Origin1940s: from Afrikaans, literally ‘separateness’, from Dutch apart ‘separate’ + -heid (equivalent of -hood). - under apartheid the pressures of life under apartheid