核心畫面
One way to picture it: a scale that should balance, but doesn't — and it doesn't because of what someone did. Someone is getting less than what is owed to them, whether that's their rights, or simply a fair reading of who they are.
一把本來該平的秤，歪了——而且不是自然歪的，是有人讓它歪的。有人拿到的比他該得的少：可能少的是實際的權利、機會、待遇…更多收起
一把本來該平的秤，歪了——而且不是自然歪的，是有人讓它歪的。有人拿到的比他該得的少：可能少的是實際的權利、機會、待遇，也可能少的只是一個公道的評價。in- 是否定，justice 是公正，所以這個字整個就是「該平而沒平」的那個狀態。兩個用法差別只在秤上放的是什麼——一邊是人的處境，一邊是對一個人的看法。From the word’s history
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia (in- 'not' + iustitia 'justice'). It displaced the native Old English unrihtwīsnes, literally 'un-right-wise-ness'.
injustice 經中古英語、古法語來自拉丁語 iniustitia，就是 in-（不）加 iustitia（公正）。值得一提的是，它取代了古英語本來的 unrihtwīsnes（字面「不-對-的-狀態」）——所以英語裡談不公平的字，從頭到尾都是「把正確的那個狀態否定掉」這種造法，秤沒平的畫面一直在。
Wiktionary (injustice, noun etymology: Middle English < Old French injustice < Latin iniustitia; displaced Old English unrihtwīsnes)
原始詞典資料4 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。
Injusticenoun
- 1
derogatoryJustice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.
- We want now to build toward electing enough progressive populist reform Congressmen and senators that we can lead to the impeachment of the illegitimate Bush and Cheney and the Three Chief Injustices of the Supreme Kangaroo Court, Herr Rhinequest and his lap dogs, Scalia and Thomas.
- Tell Chief Injustice Rehnquist to shove it right up his activist, goose-stepping, shriveled up ass.
injusticenoun/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
- 1
Absence of justice; unjustice.
- 2
Violation of the rights of another person or people.
- Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.
- I was not just the President of Southern Americans or white Americans. I was the President of all Americans. I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States. I did not think that our nation could endure much longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.
- 3
Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
- The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.
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。