Some critics blame affirmative action—students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools.

一些批评人士将此归咎于平权行动——那些来自问题高中的学生，以较低的考试分数和成绩被录取，往往在精英学校里很吃力。

We could even have affirmative action for the ugly.

我们甚至可以向丑陋人群实行平权法案。

She opposes all forms of affirmative action for women.

她反对所有形式的女性反歧视行动。

He dissented in the last major affirmative action case.

在上一次的重大平权行动案例中，他属于异议方。

I hope that the nation will one day move beyond affirmative action.

我希望有一天，我国能够跨越平权行动。

Supporters of affirmative action hailed the decision as a landmark.

这个裁决引起了平权行动支持者的欢呼，称其为一个里程碑。

Black women are more in favour of affirmative action than black men.

黑人女性比男性更支持反歧视行动。

Don't we need affirmative action to keep bigoted employers from refusing to.

我们不需要平权法案以使偏执的(bigoted)雇主无法拒绝聘用少数族群和妇女吗？

Universities have taken seriously calls for inclusiveness and affirmative action.

大学已经很郑重地呼吁要拥有包容性和平权法案。

Well, first of all, I'm for affirmative action temporarily, but, for two reasons.

首先，我暂时支持“平权行动”，但是出于两个理由。

It's not just Harvard, it's pretty much every school. Affirmative action isn't much of a secret.

不仅仅是哈佛，几乎每所大学都是这样。平权措施已经不是个秘密了。

The era of affirmative action, or preferential treatment for blacks, seems to be drawing to a close.

对于黑人来说，“反歧视行动” [6] 或者说“从优对待”的时代似乎将要一去不复返。

Mr Gonzales is a polite and inoffensive man. He has moderate views on affirmative action and abortion.

冈萨雷斯为人谦恭有礼，不讨人嫌，在平权法案和堕胎问题上也都持温和态度。

But he has never, Professor Chemerinsky noted in an interview, voted to uphold an affirmative action program.

不过，切穆任斯基教授在一次访谈中指出，他从来没有投票支持过平权措施。

It also counts as a form of affirmative action, since a disproportionate amount goes to blacker Brazilians.

这也被看做反歧视的活动的一部分，因为这个计划在黑巴西人方面做的不足够。

On one occasion, he made a speech defending affirmative action that effectively articulated the objections to it.

有一次，他在一次为平权措施辩护的演讲中有效整合了反对意见。

In the big University of Michigan affirmative action case of 2003, the court again only released audiotapes.

在零三年密歇根大学平权措施大案中，最高院同样只愿提供录音带。

But if Asians are being held back, it's not so much because of affirmative action but because of preference for whites.

但是，如果亚裔受到了阻碍，更多不是因为优惠性差别待遇，而是因为对白人的偏爱。

Today's decision leaves many of the basic questions about the continued use of affirmative action in colleges unsettled.

法院今天做出的决定致使许多大学反歧视应用的基础问题仍未解决。

This part of the California proposal has been met with little resistance. But a second aspect troubles critics of affirmative action.

这部分提议虽然在加州没遇到什么阻力，但计划的另一方面却令平权行动的批评者担忧。

Conclusions: the 2003 rulings in both France and the United States provide the legal impetus needed for affirmative action programs to continue.

结论：2003年法美两国的有关裁决都为提携行动项目的继续实施提供了法律上的推动力。

For affirmative action to be possible and effective, data collection on ethnic backgrounds should be allowed, as is the case in the United States.

出于对平权措施的可行性和有效性的考虑，应该允许对种族背景进行数据收集，就像美国所做的那样。

Having a family member who attended the school you want to go to gives you a leg up as well - think of it as affirmative action for the privileged.

家里有亲人曾经就读于你想去大学也会对你的录取有帮助—你也可以把这种因素当成优先的权利。

Were you a beneficiary of affirmative action and, if so, how did you deal with that when you found out about it and what was the effect of that on you?

如果是的话，当你发现这种情况你怎么处理？它对你有什么影响？

As lawsuits similar to Hopwood spring up in other states, it is now almost certain that the Supreme Court will soon have to reconsider affirmative action.

由于类似于霍普伍德一案的诉讼在其他州不断涌现，现在几乎可以肯定，最高法院将不得不很快地对倾斜政策予以重新考虑。