喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ɪˈkwɑːləti/ · /ɪˈkwɒləti/平等

    When all people are treated the same way and have the same rights and chances in life.

    示範例句 · Example

    Equality means everyone gets the same fair chances.

    逐字平等的意思是每個人都得到同樣公平的機會。

    「equality」講的是每個人都拿到一樣的權利和機會，沒有人因為性別、種族或出身被多給或少給。可以想成一把尺量下來大家都站在同一條線上。常跟 gender equality（性別平等）、racial equality（種族平等）一起出現；它的相反詞 inequality 就是有人被少分到。

    常見搭配

    • gender equality

      性別平等

      when men and women are treated in the same way

      The school teaches gender equality from a young age.

    • racial equality

      種族平等

      when people of all races have the same rights

      Many people worked hard for racial equality.

    • equality of opportunity

      機會平等

      when everyone has the same chance to succeed

      Good schools give children equality of opportunity.

    • fight for equality

      爭取平等

      to work hard to get equal rights

      They spent their whole lives fighting for equality.

    • promote equality

      促進平等

      to help equality happen

      The group works to promote equality between all people.

    意思相近

    fairnessparityequal rightssameness

core核心畫面

Picture a flat, level surface where nothing sits higher than anything else. 'Equality' carries that image onto people: everyone on the same level, treated the same, with the same rights and chances.

可以想成一個平坦、水平的檯面，上面沒有一樣東西比另一樣高。equality 把這個『一樣高、一樣平』的畫面放到人身上：每個人站在同一個高度，被同樣對待，擁有同樣的權利和機會。

From the word’s history

Equality goes back to Latin 'aequus' meaning 'level, even, flat'. It first described physical flatness and only later stretched to people being on the same footing — the 'level' picture is the original one.

equality 上溯到拉丁文 aequus，本義是『平的、水平的、齊平的』。它一開始講的是實際的平坦，後來才延伸到人跟人站在同一個高度上——『齊平』這個畫面才是它最早的來源。

etymonline.com/word/equality; etymonline.com/word/equal

同家族的字

複數 equalities

意思相近

fairnessparityequal rightssameness

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

equalitynoun/ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/

  • 1

    The fact of being equal.

    • The most powerful of these general ideas which have shaped political development in recent times is of course the ideal of material equality.
  • 2

    mathematicssciencesThe fact of being equal, of having the same value.

  • 3

    The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

    • I think somebody asked me the other day when I was holding a conference over here at the library if a woman could be President of the United States. Well I said they've taken over everything else in the world, why not that? [Laughter] And that wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't happen one of these days because the country believes in equality.
    • Jefferson was talking about the equality of natural human rights. You have freedom, and I have freedom. You and I have equal rights to freedom.

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