1.disobedience 违抗
A single act of rebellion or disobedience was often enough to seal a woman's fate.
仅一次反抗或不服从的行为在以前就往往足以决定一个女人的命运 。
2.seamstress 女裁缝
Ana María does not want to be a seamstress like her mother but rather a schoolteacher.
安娜玛利亚并不想像妈妈一样做一名裁缝,她想成为一名教师 。
3.demand 要求
Human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the shooting.
人权组织正强烈要求对这一枪击案进行调查 。
4.What she was really tired of, she said, was accepting unequal treatment.
treatment对待
We don't want any special treatment.
我们不需要任何特殊待遇 。
5.The group was working to oppose the mistreatment of black bus passengers.
mistreatment虐待
...issues like police brutality and mistreatment of people in prisons.
...类似警察施暴和囚犯受虐的问题 。
6.It made racial separation illegal on city buses.
racial separation 种族隔离
Yet he had strongly defended racial separation for most of his political life.
但是在他大部分的政治生活中,他都极力为种族分离辩护 。