redistribution
UK/'ri:distri'bju:ʃәn/US
GREC1
Definitions
n.
The act of distributing something again or in a different way, especially wealth or resources.
重新分配；再分配
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre-again, back
+
dis-not, apart, away
+
-utionact, process, state
=redistribution
re- (again) + dis- (apart) + tribuere (give) + -ution (noun) = 'distributing again.' Transparent from distribute: dealing shares out once more, on different terms — most often income or wealth redistribution.
Root tribut still carries 6 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.wealth redistribution财富再分配
- 2.income redistribution收入再分配
- 3.redistribution of resources资源重新分配
Example Sentences
- 1.
The policy aims at the redistribution of wealth through taxes.
- 2.
Critics argue the plan is just income redistribution.