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同学你好，助助查阅了维基百科的解释：
Affirmative action refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to increase the representation of particular groups based on their gender, race, sexuality, creed or nationality in areas in which they are underrepresented such as education and employment.

具体翻译过来大概就是这个意思：平权行动是指政府或组织内的一套政策和做法，旨在增加特定群体在教育和就业等领域中基于其性别、种族、性取向、信仰或国籍的代表性。