African-American是什麽意思

African-American

['æfrikən ə'merikən]

African-American (adj.): there are isolated instances from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but the modern use is a re-invention first attested 1969 (in reference to the African-American Teachers Association) which became the preferred term in some circles for "U.S. black" (noun or adjective) by the late 1980s. Mencken, 1921, reports Aframerican "is now very commonly used in the Negro press." Afro-American is attested in 1853, in freemen's publications in Canada. Africo-American (1817 as a noun, 1826 as an adjective) was common in abolitionist and colonization society writings.

1. And a number of African countries, too, are slipping through the net.: 並且一些非洲國家也被漏掉了。

2. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.: 非洲國民大會威脅要退出會談。

3. Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.: 當代非洲電影在活力和新穎性上頗足稱道。

5. The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.: 除非受惡劣天氣幹擾，南非郵船一般在星期五上午抵達。