iniquity
iniquity 英 [ɪˈnɪkwəti] 美 [ɪˈnɪkwɪti]
n. 邪恶；不公正
名词复数:iniquities
- An iniquity is a really unfair or really immoral act. If you're a journalist, you may uncover a terrible iniquity that forces a famous politician to step down.
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- n. 邪恶；不公正
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1. I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
我是清洁无过的，我是无辜的。 在我里面也没有罪孽。
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2. George Washington called gambling “the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity and the father of mischief”, but Benjamin Franklin organised a lottery in Philadelphia in 1746.
乔治华盛顿称博彩业为“贪婪的孩子，邪恶的兄弟，伤痛的父亲”，而本杰明富兰克林1746年在费城组织了彩票业。
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3. For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
因我的眼目察看他们的一切行为。 他们不能在我面前哨掩，他们的罪孽也不能在我眼前隐藏。
- iniquity (n.) c. 1300, "hostility, malevolence; a hostile action," from Old French iniquité, iniquiteit "wickedness; unfavorable situation" (12c.), from Latin iniquitatem (nominative iniquitas) "unequalness, unevenness," figuratively "unfavorableness, unfairness, injustice," noun of quality from iniquus "unjust, unequal; slanting, steep," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + aequus "just, equal" (see equal (adj.)).
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