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    In a way that is not fair — the adverb of 'unjust'. It nearly always describes something done TO a person by someone with power over them, and it very often sits with a small set of verbs: unjustly accused, unjustly , unjustly treated, unjustly dismissed, unjustly punished. Notice how many of those are passive: the person is on the receiving end.

    In a way that is not fair用不公平的方式 the adverb of 'unjust'是「unjust」的副詞形。It nearly always describes它幾乎都是在描述 something done TO a person某件事被加在一個人身上 by someone with power over them施加者是有權力壓過對方的人 and而且 it very often sits with它常常搭配 a small set of verbs一小群動詞 : unjustly accused, unjustly imprisoned, unjustly treated, unjustly dismissed, unjustly punishedunjustly accused(被冤枉指控)、unjustly imprisoned(被冤獄)、unjustly treated(被不公對待)、unjustly dismissed(被冤枉解雇)、unjustly punished(被冤枉懲罰)。Notice how many of those are passive你會發現這些大多是被動式 : the person is on the receiving end當事人是承受的那一方。

    It is a formal, weighty word, at home in history, law, news and religious writing, and it carries a clear sense of moral wrong, not just bad luck. In ordinary conversation people say 'unfairly' instead; 'unjustly' would sound rather grand for a queue or a school test.

    It is a formal, weighty word這是個正式、有分量的詞 at home in history, law, news and religious writing常出現在歷史、法律、新聞和宗教文章裡 and而且 it carries a clear sense of moral wrong它帶著清楚的道德不義感 not just bad luck而不只是運氣不好。In ordinary conversation日常對話裡 people say大家會改說 'unfairly' instead「unfairly」 'unjustly' would sound rather grand「unjustly」聽起來會太隆重 for a queue or a school test用在排隊或學校考試上。

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組成unjust + -ly (the ending that turns an adjective into an adverb). Inside: un- (not) + just, the old adjective meaning 'fair, according to law', from Latin iustus, from ius 'law, right'.

同家族的字

  • unjustthe adjective this is made from
  • justlythe positive form — fairly, as someone deserves
  • justicesame Latin ius — fairness, or the courts
  • injusticethe noun for the unjust thing itself

原始詞典資料1 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。

unjustlyadv/ʌnˈd͡ʒʌstli/

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    In an unjust manner.

    • unjustly punished
    • Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.

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