Equitable
['ekwɪtəb(ə)l]
解释:
(adj.) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; 'equitable treatment of all citizens'; 'an equitable distribution of gifts among the children' .
布鲁诺录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.
(a.) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.
希尔达整理
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Upright, just, honest, impartial, candid, unbiassed, unprejudiced, even-handed.[2]. Reasonable, fair, justifiable, right, proper.
整理:泰勒
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Fair, just, proportionate, impartial, upright, proper, reasonable, even-handed,honest
ANT:Unfair, unjust, disproportionate, partial
校对:梅雷迪思
例句:
- Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Lack of the free and equitable intercourse which springs from a variety of shared interests makes intellectual stimulation unbalanced. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Recent examples of such construction are the Woolworth and Equitable buildings in New York City; in this last instance a thousand horse-power was used in digging the foundations alone. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The equitable Twemlow felt that this sentiment, irrespective of the utterer, demanded his cordial assent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It seems scarce possible to invent a more equitable way of maintaining such works. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Some ill-conditioned growling fellow may say to me, 'What's the use of these legal and equitable abuses? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Thus the law which obliges the masters in several different trades to pay their workmen in money, and not in goods, is quite just and equitable. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
校对:梅雷迪思