喜樂美語
  1. 1rB2/ʌnˈferli/ · /ʌnˈfeəli/不公平地

    In a way that is not right or fair, especially because some people are not given the same chance or the same treatment as everyone else.

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo thought the teams had been picked unfairly, because all the fastest runners ended up on one side.

    逐字里歐認為隊伍被不公平地挑選了，因為所有最快的跑者都落在同一邊。

    「unfairly」是副詞，說的是「做這件事的方式沒有給每個人一樣的機會或一樣的標準」，所以它幾乎都黏在動詞旁邊：treat、judge、blame、share out。可以想成：fair 就像「大家的機會一樣」，加上 un- 變成「機會不一樣」，再加 -ly 就成了「用機會不一樣的方式去做」。它跟 unkindly 很容易混——unkindly 講的是態度不親切，unfairly 講的是標準或機會不一樣，就算對方語氣很客氣、笑笑的，也可能是 unfairly。

    常見搭配

    • treat someone unfairly

      不公平地對待某人

      to act toward someone in a way that is not fair to them

      Ms. Lin listened carefully when Sam said he had been treated unfairly.

    • judge someone unfairly

      不公平地評斷某人

      to form an opinion about someone without giving them a fair chance

      It is easy to judge a new classmate unfairly on the first day.

    • unfairly blame someone (for something)

      不公平地怪罪某人

      to say that someone caused a problem when it was not their fault

      The goalkeeper was unfairly blamed for a goal the whole team missed.

    • share something out unfairly

      不公平地分配某物

      to divide something so that people do not get an equal part

      If the snacks are shared out unfairly, someone always ends up with none.

    • be unfairly dismissed

      被不當解僱

      to lose your job for a reason that the law does not allow

      The letter explained what to do if you think you have been unfairly dismissed.

    意思相近

    unjustlyunequallywronglyunreasonably

    用法接近

    harshlyunkindlyunevenly

    意思相反

    fairlyjustlyequallyevenly

core核心畫面

Two people in the same situation, but not measured by the same ruler — one gets a chance or a treatment the other does not. The adverb marks that gap in how something was done.

可以想成兩個處境一樣的人，卻沒有被同一把尺量：一個拿得到機會或優待，另一個拿不到。這個副詞標記的就是那個落差——它不是在說事情做得好不好，而是在說同樣的規則沒有被同樣地套用。

同家族的字

意思相近

unjustlyunequallywronglyunreasonably

用法接近

harshlyunkindlyunevenly

意思相反

fairlyjustlyequallyevenly

原始詞典資料1 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。

unfairlyadv

  • 1

    In a manner that is unfair.

    • The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize.
    • As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory. This was not legal slavery (also known as de jure slavery), but slavery in practice (de facto slavery).

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