Word · Frequency #19097
Fully loadediniquity
邪恶；罪孽；不公正
Gross injustice or wickedness; sin.
- 1.
Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
偏离正义；严重的不公正、罪恶、邪恶。
- 2.
An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.
极大的不公正或不公平的行为；罪恶或邪恶的行为；不可原谅的行为。
恶行；不义之举；偏离正义；严重的不公正、罪恶、邪恶。；极大的不公正或不公平的行为；罪恶或邪恶的行为；不可原谅的行为。；不公正；不公正行为
In use
The judge was committed to fighting the iniquity that plagued the justice system.
They protested against the iniquities of the outdated labor laws.
Her novel exposes the social iniquity hidden beneath the city's prosperity.
an iniquity
用不定冠词表示具体的某种不公正行为。
The law was seen as an iniquity.
该法律被视为一种不公正。
the iniquity of + noun/gerund
后接名词或动名词，强调某事物的不公正性质。
They protested the iniquity of the tax system.
他们抗议税收制度的不公正。
iniquities (plural)
复数形式指多种不公正行为或现象。
Connections
Collocations
- den of iniquity
- 罪恶的巢穴；藏污纳垢之地
- The old mansion was described as a den of iniquity.那座老宅被形容为藏污纳垢之地。
- commit iniquity
- 作恶；犯罪
- Those who commit iniquity will not escape justice.作恶的人逃不过正义的惩罚。
- forgive iniquity
- 赦免罪恶
- The prayer asks God to forgive iniquity and restore the soul.这篇祷告祈求上帝赦免罪愆，使灵魂复原。
- steeped in iniquity
- 罪恶深重；浸淫于罪恶之中
- He was raised in a society steeped in iniquity.他在一个罪恶深重的社会中长大。
Idioms & figurative uses
- den of iniquity
- 罪恶巢穴；藏污纳垢之地Neighbors complained that the nightclub had become a den of iniquity.邻居们抱怨这家夜总会已经变成了藏污纳垢之地。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 equity（公平/公正）——iniquity 是它的反面，指邪恶、不义、罪孽。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、religious texts、literary works 该词属于正式用语，通常用于书面语，多出现在宗教、文学或严肃讨论中，指严重的邪恶或不义。日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Antiquity and ubiquity rhyme with iniquity: from the stressed vowel onward they share /ɪkwɪti/. Beware the lookalikes equity and inequity: equity stresses the first syllable (/ˈe-/), and inequity has a stressed /e/ in the second syllable, so neither rhymes with iniquity.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.