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Inequity Unfair That’s Means Unjust Team 英 ɪn'ekwəti] 美

英语单词 inequity
英美音标 英 [ɪn'ekwəti] 美 [ɪn'ekwəti]
中文释义 n.不公平;不公正
英语例句 (1) It is right to fight to overcome Inequity.
(2) An inequity in salaries is an obvious drawback in the industry.
中文例句 (1) 反抗不平等是正当的。
(2) 在产业薪酬管理方面的不足表现得尤为明显。
vocabulary简明 The noun inequity describes a situation that’s not fair. If you feel, for example, that your brother gets to do whatever he wants while you must follow the rules to the letter, you might rage against inequity.
vocabulary扩展 The prefix in- in inequity means “not” or “opposite of.” Equity, means "justice or fairness." Put it together and you get inequity: something that’s unfair or unjust. The word can be used to describe a wide range of unfair situations, such as an inequity in a school's buying new equipment for the football team while the field hockey team continues to wear uniforms from 1981.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]不公正;不公平 If you refer to the inequity of something, you are criticizing it because it is unfair or unjust.
  [disapproval]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Social imbalance worries him more than inequity of income.

    社会失衡比收入不公平更令他忧虑。

  • ...the inequities in our health care system.

    我们卫生保健制度的不公正

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