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iniquity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·iq·ui·ty /ɪˈnɪkwəti/ noun (plural iniquities) [countable, uncountable] formal  UNFAIRthe quality of being very unfair or evil, or something that is very unfair 极不公正;邪恶;不公正的事iniquity of He went on and on about the iniquities of bourgeois oppression. 他没完没了地述说资产阶级压迫的罪恶。 They were trying to protect their son from iniquity. 他们竭力保护儿子免受不公正待遇。 den of iniquity at den(6)Origin iniquity (1200-1300) Old French iniquité, from Latin, from aequus equal
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iniquity
iniquity /ɪˈnɪkwəti, ɪˈnɪkwɪti/ noun (plural iniquities) [uncountable and countable] formal
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: iniquité, from Latin, from aequus 'equal'
the quality of being very unfair or evil, or something that is very unfair
    iniquity of
    He went on and on about the iniquities of bourgeois oppression.
    They were trying to protect their son from iniquity.
den of iniquity at den(6)


ini·quityBrE /ɪˈnɪkwəti/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈnɪkwəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (
plural
ini·quities
)
(formal)
the fact of being very unfair or wrong; sth that is very unfair or wrong 很不公正,十分错误,很不正当(的事)the iniquity of racial prejudice种族偏见的罪恶the iniquities of the criminal justice system刑事司法系统的不公正之处