1.foeticide=feticide:
n. 堕胎
2.infanticide:
n. 杀婴
3.ratio:
n. 比,比率,比例
4.preference:
n.偏爱,优先;优先权
India is seeking to get population growth down 印度正在寻求降低人口出生率的办法
The United Nations Population Fund has taken India to task over
its ratio of females
to males.
In a report marking World Population Day, the Fund's Michael Vlassof
said that India's commitment to tackling issues such as female foeticide
and infanticide, which helped to give India one of the worst
female-male ratios, seemed to be quite low.
The sex ratio in India, according to a recent survey, is 960 females
to 1,000 males, and the Fund says it sees this imbalance as being due
to the lower status of women in Indian society, to a preference
for sons and the practices of female foeticide and infanticide.
印度因婴儿性别偏见遭谴责