喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a scale that has been evened out: everyone gets what is genuinely theirs, no one is quietly getting more. From that one idea, English took two roads — one into courtrooms, and one into money, where 'the part that is fairly yours' became a number you can actually calculate.

可以想成：一個被調平的天秤——每一邊拿到的都是真正該屬於它的，沒有人偷偷多拿。英文從這個想法分出兩條路：一條走進法院…更多收起可以想成：一個被調平的天秤——每一邊拿到的都是真正該屬於它的，沒有人偷偷多拿。英文從這個想法分出兩條路：一條走進法院，一條走進金錢的世界，在那裡「公平屬於你的那一份」變成一個可以實際算出來的數字。這個字整體偏正式，日常講公平多半用 fairness。

From the picture

真正屬於你的那一份

把「公平屬於誰」變成可以計算的金額：扣掉別人有權主張的部分之後，剩下的才真正是你的。

home equity · noun · C1

The part of your home's value that is truly yours — what would be left if you sold it and paid back the money you borrowed to buy it.

房屋淨值

Also in this word

fairness · noun · C1

A situation in which everyone is treated fairly and no one gets an unfair advantage.

公平

legal fairness principle · noun · C2

The idea that a judge should still make a fair decision when the written laws do not give a clear answer.

衡平法

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

equitynoun/ˈɛk.wɪ.ti/

  • 1

    Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

    • Sufficeth what they in their graue wiſedoomes ſhall proſcribe, I in no ſorte will ſeeke to acquite, nor preſumptuouſly attempte to diſpute againſt the equity of their iudgementes, but humble and proſtrate appeale to their mercies.
    • “One of the staff said, ‘That’s fine, Delia. But what do wolves have to do with equity, justice and inclusion?’" Ms. Malone said.
  • 2

    lawVarious related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England

    • 1800, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon in Mayor, &c. of Southampton v. Graves (1800), 8 T. R. 592. A Court of equity knows its own province.
    • A Court of equity interposes only according to conscience.
  • 3

    lawVarious related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England

    • ...the mortgagor retains ‘equitable title’ or the ‘equity of redemption’….The equity of redemption permits the mortgagor to regain legal title to the mortgaged property upon satisfying the conditions of the mortgage...
    • The wife's equity does not, according to the adjudged cases, attach, except upon that part of her personal property in action which the husband cannot acquire without the assistance of a court of equity
  • 4

    lawVarious related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England

  • 5

    businessfinancelawVarious senses related to net value

    • I have a lot of equity in my house.
  • 6

    businessfinanceVarious senses related to net value

    • Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
  • 7

    accountingbusinessfinanceVarious senses related to net value

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    businesscard-gamesfinanceVarious senses related to net value

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Equality

    • What steps the Government are taking to help ensure equity of opportunity for people from low-income families.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。