affirmative action noun
Learner's definition of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
[noncount] chiefly US
: 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.反歧视行动,维权行动,积极行动(美国法案,旨在改善过去由于种族、性别等原因一些少数族裔在教育和就业机会中所受到的不公平待遇) — called also (British) positive discrimination