| 英语单词 | injustice |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'dʒʌstɪs] 美 [ɪn'dʒʌstɪs] |
| 中文释义 | n.不公正;不公正的行为 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He struggled against every injustice. (2) No one dared to speak out against the injustice. (3) Wherever there is injustice, we try to help. (4) The people groaned under injustice. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他与一切不公正行为作斗争。 (2) 没人敢对不公正行为表示公开反对。 (3) 凡有不公正的地方,我们都竭力相助匡正。 (4) 人民受尽了不公正的压迫。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Life isn’t fair, and that quality is exactly what defines injustice: something unfair that happens, often in violation of a basic human right. |
| vocabulary扩展 | In the early 19th century in the United States, women could not legally vote, but they fought back against this injustice and eventually won voting rights. The word comes from a Latin phrase that literally means “not right,” and injustice is the opposite of justice, which is a fair and righteous act. Injustice can be general or specific, like the injustice suffered by poor people everywhere, or an individual act of injustice committed by some unkind person. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]非正义;不公平;不公正 Injustice is a lack of fairness in a situation.
2 [PHRASE 短语]不公正地评判;不公正地对待 If you say that someone has done you an injustice, you mean that they have been unfair in the way that they have judged you or treated you. [V inflects]
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