Inequality is an unfair situation in which some groups have more money, chances, power, or safety than others. People talk about income inequality, gender inequality, racial inequality: not one unlucky person, but a pattern in a society.

Inequality不平等 is an unfair situation in which some groups have more money, chances, power, or safety than others是一種不公平的處境，某些群體擁有比其他人更多的錢、機會、權力，或安全。People talk about income inequality, gender inequality, racial inequality大家會講income inequality（所得不平等）、gender inequality（性別不平等）、racial inequality（種族不平等）: not one unlucky person講的不是某一個倒楣的人, but a pattern in a society而是一個社會裡的一種模式。

It is the ordinary word in news, school, and politics; you do not need a special voice to use it.

It is the ordinary word in news, school, and politics這是新聞、學校，和政治裡很普通的字; you do not need a special voice to use it用的時候不需要特別的語氣。

Though actually, the same spelling also names a maths idea — a sentence like x > 3, an inequality — so in a maths class the word is cooler and has nothing to do with fairness.

Though actually不過其實, the same spelling also names a maths idea同樣的拼法也用來指一個數學概念 — a sentence like x > 3, an inequality像x > 3這樣的式子，叫做inequality（不等式）— so in a maths class the word is cooler and has nothing to do with fairness所以在數學課裡這個字很冷靜，跟公不公平沒有關係。

In social talk, inequality is about the gap, not about one rude act. A single unfair decision may be unjust; inequality is the bigger, lasting unevenness.

In social talk在講社會議題時, inequality is about the gapinequality指的是那個落差, not about one rude act不是指某一件粗魯的行為。A single unfair decision may be unjust單一一個不公平的決定可能是unjust（不公正）; inequality is the bigger, lasting unevennessinequality則是更大、更長久的不均等。