Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #11409
unfairly
不公平地；不公正地
In a way that is not fair or right
- 1.
In a manner that is unfair.
不公平地；不公正地。
不公平地；不公正地。；不正当地；不公平地
In use
The teacher unfairly blamed the whole class for one student's mistake.
She felt she had been treated unfairly by her supervisor.
The referee stopped the game unfairly, making the fans angry.
verb + unfairly
The manager treated her unfairly.
经理不公平地对待了她。
unfairly + past participle
He was unfairly dismissed from his job.
他被不公平地解雇了。
unfairly + adjective
The tax burden is unfairly high for the middle class.
中产阶级的税收负担不公平地高。
Common mistakes
That's unfairly!That's unfair!
Unfairly 是副词，不能作表语描述主语状态，应改用形容词 unfair。
He unfairly treated me.He treated me unfairly.
副词 unfairly 应放在动词 treated 之后，修饰整个动词短语，置于宾语前不符合英语语序。
Connections
Collocations
- treat someone unfairly
- 不公平地对待某人
- It is wrong to treat someone unfairly because of their race.因为种族而不公平地对待某人是错误的。
- be unfairly dismissed
- 被不公正地解雇
- He was unfairly dismissed after ten years of loyal service.他忠心耿耿工作十年后却被不公正地解雇了。
- be unfairly criticized
- 受到不公正的批评
- The mayor was unfairly criticized for problems she did not cause.市长因并非她造成的问题而受到不公正的批评。
- judge someone unfairly
- 不公正地评价某人
- You shouldn't judge her unfairly just because she is young.你不该仅仅因为她年轻就不公正地评价她。
- be unfairly disadvantaged
- 处于不公正的不利地位
- Children from poor families are often unfairly disadvantaged at school.贫困家庭的孩子在学校常常处于不公正的不利地位。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 unfair 拆成 un（不）+ fair（公平），加 -ly 变副词；想象裁判喊‘不公平！’，记住 unfairly = 不公平地。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、正式写作 unfairly 是副词，意为“不公平地”，通常用于日常交流、新闻和正式写作，属于中性词；表示“不公平地”时没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
Pronunciation & Spelling
上面这些词与 unfairly 押韵（美式读音）：重读元音 /ɛ/ 及之后的 /rli/ 相同。注意拼写相似的 -early 词不一定同音，例如 clearly /ˈklɪrli/、nearly /ˈnɪrli/ 的重读元音是 /ɪ/，与 /ɛ/ 不同；fairy /ˈfɛri/ 也不是 -rli 结尾。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.