glass ceiling

希拉里发表败选感言 美国民主党总统候选人希拉里·克林顿败选后，首次发表公开讲话，承认自己败选。讲话中，她再次提及那顶“没有被击碎的玻璃天花板”，并向特朗普展示了些许善意。

The Nordic countries—Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland—come out top overall. At the bottom of the ranking are Japan, Turkey and South Korea

The best—and worst—places to be a working woman

The glass-ceiling index

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glass ceiling 

NOUN

An unacknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities:the first female to break through the glass ceiling in Engineering