the fact of a situation being unfair and of people not being treated equally; an unfair act or an example of unfair treatment 不公正,不公平(的对待或行为) We are committed to fighting against poverty and injustice. 我们致力于消除贫困和不公正。 a burning sense of injustice 强烈感觉到遭受不公正待遇 Social and political injustice seemed to be getting worse rather than better. 社会和政治不公正似乎越来越严重,而不是越来越好。 She was enraged at the injustice of the remark. 她被那句话的不公激怒了。 The report exposes the injustices of the system. 报告揭露了这个制度的种种不公正。
Extra ExamplesIt would be an injustice to the man to imprison him for life. 判处终身监禁对他是不公平的。 She remains adamant that an injustice was done. 她依然坚持认为那件事情不公平。 She was acclaimed for speaking out against injustice. 她因为大胆抨击不公现象而受到赞扬。 She was overwhelmed by the injustice of it all. 不公平的现状让她受不了。 The trial was regarded as the greatest injustice of the post-war criminal justice system. 那次审判被认为是战后刑事司法体系中最不公正的一次。 They see the injustice and want to help. 他们看到了其中的不公,因而想要出手相助。 a novel that sets out to expose social injustice 旨在揭露社会不公的一部小说 a terrible injustice by the police 警察极为不公正的行为 people who work hard to correct society's injustices 致力于纠正社会种种不公现象的人 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。 She felt a burning sense of injustice with regard to the situation. 她对形势有一种强烈的不公正感。 The court decided that he certainly had suffered an injustice. 法院裁定他确实受到了不公正的待遇。 They were convinced that a grave injustice had been done. 他们确信已经发生了严重的不公正。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grave
- great
- gross
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- experience
- suffer
- regard something as
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- injustice by
- injustice to
- the injustice of it all
- a sense of injustice
- a victim of injustice
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin injustitia, from in- ‘not’ + justus ‘just, right’.