单词 | injustice |
释义 | injustice (ɪndʒʌstɪs ) Word forms: injustices 1. variable noun Injustice is a lack of fairness in a situation. They'll continue to fight injustice. They resented the injustices of the system. Synonyms: unfairness, discrimination, prejudice, bias 2. do an injustice phrase If you say that someone has done you an injustice, you mean that they have been unfair in the way that they have judged you or treated you. The article does them both an injustice. Collocations: feeling of injustice The reaction wasn't good whatsoever but it came from the same feeling of injustice everyone had. The Sun The feeling of injustice was very strong. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has strengthened feelings of injustice among singletons and families unable to climb onto the housing ladder who believe that buy-to-let investors get preferential treatment from open-handed mortgage-lenders. Times, Sunday Times We can all explain and excuse everything we do, so if anyone criticises us we struggle to overcome our feelings of injustice, humiliation and resentment. Times, Sunday Times Local newspapers swept up feelings of injustice and foul play. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It doesn't wait for them to crystallise into obvious injustice. Times, Sunday Times We have a right to ask: what are they doing about this obvious injustice? Times, Sunday Times In this story a whole town fears speaking out on an obvious injustice out of fear that they would stand out believing nobody else could see what they saw. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The latter had made a show of listening fairly to both sides and were now embarrassed by the obvious injustice done to a nominal friend and ally. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We support reform of the law to protect obvious injustices. Times, Sunday Times We need to revise the statutes, untouched since 1974, to allow for new prizes and rectify past injustices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We saw ourselves as equals, and the chip on the shoulder about past injustices was almost as good as gone, even then. Times, Sunday Times Bitterness, unforgiveness, or past injustices must never be allowed to taint their own eulogies. Christianity Today The council was awaiting the panel's advice 'on how the city can most effectively play a role in progressing equality and redressing past injustices', she said. Times, Sunday Times He also called for an honest facing up to past injustices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would suggest that when people perceive injustice they seek to restore justice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Throughout all the near-misses, perceived injustices and inevitable controversies there has been at least one reassuring constant. Times, Sunday Times Matches have frequently been lost not only because of bad calls, but because of bad attitudes to perceived injustices. Times, Sunday Times Years later, he still displays unease at the perceived injustice. Times, Sunday Times The secrecy of the deliber-ations, and the rules over shared prizes and posthumous awards, have left the history of the award strewn with perceived injustices. Times, Sunday Times I don't know what's up with her these days.' His sense of injustice boiled over. FINAL RESORT (2002) I have a deep sense of injustice that I am condemned to work to feed our incompetent public masters. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The sense of injustice continues through generations. Times, Sunday Times (2009) His rage and sense of injustice continues to simmer below the surface. The Sun (2009) That West Ham will appeal the red card confirms their sense of injustice. Times, Sunday Times (2017) At 5ft, her head only just cleared the lectern, but she spoke truth to power about social injustice, enunciating in a dignified, rasping voice. Times,Sunday Times From this work he gained his profound understanding of social injustice as well of the law's potential for falling into hypocrisy. Times, Sunday Times A rebel at school, he gets his education from the streets and from the social injustice he sees all around him. Times, Sunday Times Social injustice becomes a more insistent theme with time. The Times Literary Supplement They formed a close bond, sharing a similar social background and a common belief in social injustice and building a fairer society. Times,Sunday Times Personal irresponsibility and structural injustice are intertwined. Times, Sunday Times In it, he proclaimed the necessity to stand up and fight against societal and structural injustice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Advocates of political ethics respond that while structural injustice should not be ignored, too much emphasis on structures neglects the human agents who are responsible for changing them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To channel the taste for combat to help those who suffer injustice. Times, Sunday Times This time, they suffered injustice as well as indignity. Times, Sunday Times Most people thought he had suffered injustice. Times,Sunday Times I received thousands of letters from viewers who had suffered injustice, or were being crushed by the system. Times, Sunday Times He also helped workers who suffered injustice by preparing legal documentation for cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's clear that systemic injustice infects many national institutions, the criminal justice system being but the lastest example. Christianity Today The rich and powerful among us still must redress systemic injustice, which denies the poor access to strategic resources and important opportunities. Christianity Today What will our contribution be in a society that continues to struggle with systemic injustice? Christianity Today Go see this movie if you have ever cried over the systemic injustice visited upon poor, honest families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clearly a terrible injustice had been done. Times, Sunday Times (2006) At the time this seemed a terrible injustice; but Mum was, of course, right. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Its aim was to secure Europe against terrible injustices like the Holocaust. The Sun (2011) Translations: Chinese: 不公平 Japanese: 不公平 |
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