核心畫面

Picture someone holding a bill that nobody will pay. Something was taken from them, or kept from them, and the account has not been settled. Aggrieved always points at that account: a wrong this person believes was done to them. In everyday use the account stays inside, and you hear it in the voice. In law the same account is written down, and it becomes a position — the side the wrong was done to.

可以想成一個人手裡拿著一張沒人肯認的帳單。有人虧待了他,這筆帳還沒結。aggrieved 指的一直是這筆帳。日常的用更多收起可以想成一個人手裡拿著一張沒人肯認的帳單。有人虧待了他,這筆帳還沒結。aggrieved 指的一直是這筆帳。日常的用法裡,這筆帳留在心裡,從語氣跑出來——所以 an aggrieved tone 聽得出委屈。法律的用法裡,同一筆帳寫在紙上,變成一種身分:你就是被虧待的那一方。

From the picture

法律上被虧待的那一方

同一筆帳,換成法律的算法。這裡不問你心裡怎麼想,只問一件違法的事發生在誰身上。

adjective · C2

In law: harmed, or having your rights taken away or cut down, because of something illegal that another person or organisation has done.

受害的(法律)

Also in this word

adjective · C1

Feeling angry and hurt because you believe that someone has treated you unfairly.

憤憤不平