英语释义
1. an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women
sought to achieve a multicultural staff through affirmative action also a similar effort to promote the rights or progress of other disadvantaged persons
2. the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities of members of groups that have not been treated fairly in the past because of their race, sex, etc.
3. an active effort (as through legislation) to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women