ADJECTIVE | VERB + INEQUALITY | INEQUALITY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, gross, substantial巨大的不平等;嚴重的不平等◇the gross social inequalities of the past過去嚴重的社會不平等◇Inequalities of income would lead to even greater inequalities in access to health care.收入的不均衡會導致醫療保健服務更加不平等。➤real真正的不平等▸➤growing, increased, increasing, rising日益加劇的不平衡;愈加嚴重的不平等▸➤global, regional全球性的/地區性的不平衡▸➤class, economic, educational, racial, social, socio-economic, structural階級間的/經濟上的/教育上的/種族間的/社會的/社會經濟的/結構性的不平等➤gender, sex, sexual性別間的不平等◇efforts to address class and gender inequalities and to rebalance power解決階級、性別不平等並調整權力平衡的努力➤income, pay, wage (especially BrE) 收入/薪酬/工資不平等VERB + INEQUALITY➤cause, create, lead to引起不平衡;造成不平等◇The introduction of tuition fees would create inequality between universities.開始收取學費將會造成各大學之間的不平衡。➤maintain, perpetuate維持不平等狀態;使不平等長存◇Some believe that education perpetuates inequality.有些人認為教育使不平等現象長期存在。➤reinforce加劇不平等◇The law merely serves to reinforce social inequalities.法律不過是用來強化社會不平等的工具。➤increase加大不平等▸➤reduce縮小不平等▸➤remove消除不平等◇They can build a more harmonious society once inequality and exploitation are removed.一旦消除了不平等和剝削,他們就能建成一個更加和諧的社會。➤address, redress解決/糾正不平等◇The country has had some success in redressing racial inequalities.該國在糾正種族不平等方面取得了一些成功。INEQUALITY + VERB➤exist不平等現象存在◇inequalities that exist in wealth and income財富和收入方面存在的不均衡➤arise from sth, be based on sth不平等源自⋯/基於⋯◇inequalities based on racism and social class基於種族主義和社會階級的不平等➤persist, remain不平等持續/仍然存在◇Even in the age of compulsory school, inequalities in education have remained.即使在義務教育時代,教育不平等依然存在。➤increase不平等加劇▸➤decline不平等程度降低PREPOSITION➤inequality between⋯之間的不平等◇economic inequality between men and women男女之間經濟上的不平等➤inequality in⋯方面的不平等◇gender inequality in education教育方面的男女不平等PHRASES➤inequalities of power, wealth, etc.權力、財富等的不均▸➤a pattern of inequality (especially BrE) 不平等的模式
inequality ♦︎ injustice ♦︎ unfairness ♦︎ inequityThese are all words for an unfair difference between groups of people in society, by which some people have more money, power or opportunities than others.这些词均表示不平等、不公正、不公平。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆inequality / injustice / unfairness / inequity in sth◆inequality / inequity between sb / sth◆injustice / unfairness to sb / sth◆social / economic / racial inequality / injustice / inequity◆great / gross inequality / injustice / inequity◆to fight / tackle / struggle against inequality / injustice◆to redress / rectify / remedy inequality / injustice / inequity■inequality ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti; NAmEˌɪnɪˈˈkwɑːləti [uncountable, countable] the unfair difference between groups of people in society, by which some have more money, power or opportunities than others不平等;不平衡;不平均◆There is generally some inequality between men and women within the family.家庭内男女之间通常会存在一些不平等。◆Inequalities in health tend to reflect inequalities in income.健康状况的不同往往反映出收入的不同。OPPequality ⇨ justice see also unequal ⇨ wrong4■injusticeɪnˈdʒʌstɪs [uncountable, countable] the fact of a situation being unfair, when people do not get what they deserve; an unfair act or an example of unfair treatment不公正;不公平(的对待或行为)◆I did not really see myself as a victim of injustice.我并不真的觉得自己遭受了不公正待遇。◆Perhaps I'm doing you an injustice(= being unfair to you).我可能冤枉你了。◆The report exposes the injustices of the system.报告揭露了这个制度的种种不公。OPPjustice ⇨ justice see also unjust ⇨ wrong4■unfairness [uncountable] the fact of a situation being unfair, when people do not get what they deserve, especially when some people are treated better than others for no good reason不公正,不公平(尤指某些人无故比他人受优待)◆There are several examples of unfairness in the recruitment system.招聘系统中有几个不公平的例子。◆She was still raging about the unfairness of it all.她还在为这一切不公正气愤不已。OPPfairness ⇨ justice see also unfair ⇨ wrong4■inequity ɪnˈekwəti [countable, uncountable] (formal) something that is unfair because it treats different people or groups differently; the state of being unfair in this way不公正,不公平(指给不同的人或群体以不同的待遇)◆There are huge inequities in funding for schools.在给学校拨款方面存在着极大的不公。◆The new government sought to justify social inequity by promoting ideals of self-help.新政府试图通过提倡自助的理想来为社会不公辩护。OPPequity ⇨ justice