| 单词 | unequal |
| 释义 | unequal (ʌniːkwəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] An unequal system or situation is unfair because it gives more power or privileges to one person or group of people than to others. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system. ...the unequal power relationships between men and women. ...unequal pay. Synonyms: disproportionate, uneven, unbalanced, unfair unequally adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...unequally distributed assets. The victims were treated unequally. 2. adjective If someone is unequal to a task they have to do, they do not have the abilities needed to do it well. [formal] Her critics say she has proved unequal to the task. He felt unequal to the job and wished there were someone he could go to for advice. [+ to] Synonyms: not up to, not qualified for, inadequate for, insufficient for 3. adjective Unequal means being different in size, strength, or amount. The Egyptians probably measured their day in twenty-four hours of unequal length. Collocations: unequal pay The commission's conclusion was that the pay gap was about much more than unequal pay. Times, Sunday Times Why, instead of marching against unequal pay, don't they just confront the boss and demand a raise like she did? Times, Sunday Times They're revealing unequal pay structures at work. Times, Sunday Times The tellers and bookkeepers were protesting unequal pay and unequal opportunities for advancement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The core this time was what we call the underclass: that sad residue of a prosperous but unequal society. Times, Sunday Times Despite serious efforts to change the situation, we remain a gravely unequal society and the effects of poverty still fall disproportionately on the young. Times, Sunday Times Progressives are dedicated to destroying obstacles to change in an unequal society. Times,Sunday Times I'm tempted to play characters devoured by an unequal society. Times, Sunday Times Even more importantly, we have the potential to become a fairer, more prosperous and less unequal society. Times, Sunday Times The game appeals in this dramatic light and shade, the appearance of the unequal struggle. Times, Sunday Times In this case, it was an unappetising and unequal struggle to get the spoon in and anything edible out. Times, Sunday Times It's an unequal struggle that few of us win. Times, Sunday Times In his view the ship was too fine a vessel to be risked in another unequal struggle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an unequal struggle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 不平等的 Japanese: 不平等な |
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