1.civil service 公务员；行政部门

例句:They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service.
他们从上层文职部门清除了上千名公务员。

2.maternity leave 产假

例句:To qualify for maternity leave you must have worked for the same employer for two years.
你必须为同一个雇主工作满两年才能享受产假。

3.foreign-born 国外出生的

例句:A permanent resident is a foreign-born person who has most of the same rights as an American citizen.
永久居民是美国生的拥有大多数和美国人一样权利的人。

4.ethnic-minority 少数民族

例句:Recent immigrants and other ethnic-minority groups comprise a significant proportion of tenants in social housing.
新来的移民和其它少数民族在社区住宅租户中占有很大的比例。