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单词 equality
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equality
(ɪkwɒlɪti )
uncountable noun B2
Equality is the same status, rights, and responsibilities for all the members of a society, group, or family.
...equality of the sexes. [+ of]
Quotations:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessThomas JeffersonThe Declaration of Independence
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their characterMartin Luther King Jr.speech at civil rights march
The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiorsHenry BecqueQuerelles littéraires
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than othersGeorge OrwellAnimal Farm
Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand nakedBob DylanIt's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Collocations:
embrace equality
The tournament, however, has not always been quick to embrace equality.
Times, Sunday Times
I was a student in the 1950s and fervently embraced equality for all.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet not every female doll seems to have embraced equality.
Times, Sunday Times
equality of opportunity
Growth would make growing equality of opportunity possible and equal opportunity would promote growth.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
Sounds like the natural results of equality of opportunity to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Caution and lack of ambition stultified educationists fearful of diktats about equality of opportunity and prizes for all.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
equality of outcome
And if we're looking for equality of outcome in the good things, how about the bad?
Times, Sunday Times
Equality of outcome in the wage distribution would, to that extent, make the economy less efficient.
Times,Sunday Times
We are a long way from equality of opportunity, but when we get there we will not find equality of outcome.
Times, Sunday Times
To many others, however, she stands for a duty and devotion, vigilance and impartiality that are far more important for the wellbeing of society than a nebulous equality of outcome.
Times, Sunday Times
Aim for equality of opportunity through outstanding education for all, mentoring and outreach programmes - not equality of outcome through quotas and targets.
Times, Sunday Times
equality of rights
I don't want to live in a society where equality of rights leads to scandalous inequality of results.
Christianity Today
The pareage, a feudal institution recognizing the principle of equality of rights shared by two rulers, gave the small state its territory and political form.
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He also introduced the principle of equality of rights for all, isonomia, by expanding access to power to more citizens.
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It abolished many institutions which were injurious to liberty and equality of rights.
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Freedmen wanted to protect equality of rights in marriage, in part to gain protection for previous common-law marriages.
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equality of treatment
Such amendments could violate the principle of transparency and of equality of treatment.
Times, Sunday Times
He wanted the charge to be 100 per cent, to secure perfect equality of treatment for all landowners.
Times, Sunday Times
Equality of treatment requires that all people be treated equally, regardless of societal prejudices.
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His approach influenced the codification movement which set sentencing tariffs to ensure equality of treatment among offenders.
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establish equality
Nationalists attempted to establish equality, if only legally, between these disparate groups.
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Oftentimes, these trends have been motivated by a desire to establish equality and uphold human rights.
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For me, that's a more powerful way of establishing equality.
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full equality
I think there should be full equality, full marriage rather than partnership rights.
Times, Sunday Times
He has proposed a compromise - which stops short of full equality - to prevent titles from being split from their family seats.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead, the world's great democracies are competing with each other to become the first to legislate for full equality.
Times, Sunday Times
Full equality took another six years.
Times, Sunday Times
Anti-authoritarians usually believe in full equality before the law and strong civil liberties.
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gender equality
The rise of the machines will also affect gender equality at work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And when it comes to gender equality no one can touch them.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This country has come a long way on gender equality over the past half century.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Maybe this is that moment in time when you take gender equality a little more seriously.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
greater equality
Greater equality, she says, lies in accepting - and not fighting - the status quo.
Times, Sunday Times
Greater equality was essential for 'the diminution of social antagonism, the extension of social justice and the elimination of social waste'.
Times, Sunday Times
It still exists to promote 'greater equality of power, wealth and opportunity'.
Times, Sunday Times
We would all be more miserable, but there would be greater equality of misery.
Times,Sunday Times
Or, ironically, if we are advocates of greater equality.
Times, Sunday Times
marriage equality
Eight states had marriage equality a year ago.
Times, Sunday Times
The younger generation — which supports marriage equality by a huge margin — snapped out of apathy.
Times, Sunday Times
But other trending terms were 'marriage equality' and 'superman'.
Times, Sunday Times
More modern-sounding still, in our age of 'marriage equality,' are the legalistic arguments.
Christianity Today
And in the under-30 generation, 65% favour full marriage equality.
Times, Sunday Times
promote equality
Public authorities must now promote equality of opportunity regardless of belief.
Times, Sunday Times
The lights were installed at three crossings in the summer to promote equality.
Times, Sunday Times
It will place a duty on all public bodies to promote equality 'in all their policies and practices'.
Times, Sunday Times
One of the criteria was that he should be able to 'promote equality of opportunity' at the assembly.
Times, Sunday Times
Political correctness was meant to promote equality - some, however, argue that it has turned language into a minefield.
Times, Sunday Times
social equality
Even in this age of social equality, patriotism still counts.
The Sun
Instead, he takes the word to mean social equality between rich and poor.
Times, Sunday Times
The ideal was to obtain social equality without special favour or a sense of différence.
The Times Literary Supplement
We thought we would create a new life here, with more social equality.
Times, Sunday Times
They enjoyed it because revenge satisfied an increasingly widespread fantasy of social equality.
The Times Literary Supplement
true equality
A high percentage of marriages will fail and true equality before the courts will result in massive financial penalties for the richer party upon divorce.
Times, Sunday Times
I believe that change needs to be forced, otherwise we will be waiting another 100 years for true equality.
Times,Sunday Times
I suppose that's what you call true equality.
The Sun
When it gets to 50 per cent, we will have true equality.
The Sun
And we will never have true equality of opportunity; elites always have a head start.
Times, Sunday Times
workplace equality
What do these manners you're yearning for look like in an age of workplace equality?
Christianity Today
He wants parenting classes to become the norm for everyone and, in the interests of workplace equality, for paternity and maternity leave to be equalised.
Times, Sunday Times
Parts of the investment community get this and are already mobilising private and institutional wealth to promote workplace equality precisely because it pays.
Times, Sunday Times
In a society committed to workplace equality, moreover, the pressures towards later childbirth are immense.
Times, Sunday Times
Too many are wet behind the ears, unprepared and doomed, according to a pioneer in workplace equality.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 平等
Japanese: 平等
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