discriminatory

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discriminatory — 形容詞

  • discriminatorypositive
  • more discriminatorycomparative
  • most discriminatorysuperlative

1. describing rules, actions, or behaviour that treat particular people or groups l

1.形容詞B2
釋義

歧視的

因種族、性別等而給予差別待遇的

describing rules, actions, or behaviour that treat particular people or groups less favourably than others, where the reason for the different treatment is a personal characteristic such as age, race, gender, or religion.

例句

Adaeze's manager admitted that the company's pay policy was discriminatory against female staff.

Adaeze 的主管承認，公司的薪資制度對女性員工具有歧視性。

collocation: discriminatory against [group]

New voting rules affecting only one region were called discriminatory by the court.

只影響單一地區的新投票規則被法院認定具有歧視性。

passive: were called discriminatory by [authority]

常見搭配
  • discriminatory against
  • discriminatory practices
  • discriminatory policies
  • discriminatory laws
  • discriminatory treatment
  • racially discriminatory
  • sexually discriminatory
  • discriminatory behaviour
  • discriminatory hiring
同義詞
  • prejudiced

    focuses on the inner attitude or bias; discriminatory describes the resulting action or policy

  • biased

    emphasizes favouring one side; discriminatory specifically involves treating a group worse, not just favouring another

  • unequal

    broader term covering any lack of equality; discriminatory implies unfairness based on personal characteristics

  • unfair

    more general in meaning; discriminatory is a specific type of unfairness tied to personal identity

反義詞
  • fair

    treating everyone equally regardless of personal characteristics

  • equal

    ensuring the same treatment for all groups

  • impartial

    not favouring any side or group

  • unbiased

    free from prejudice in judgment

文法句型

be discriminatory against [group]

find/rule/declare something discriminatory

用法筆記

Frequently appears in legal, workplace, and policy contexts. When specifying who is affected, use the preposition against (e.g., discriminatory against older workers). This adjective is stronger than unfair — it specifically implies that the unequal treatment is based on a protected characteristic such as race, gender, or religion.

常見錯誤

The teacher's comments were discriminating against girls.
The teacher's comments were discriminatory against girls.
discriminating means 'showing good judgment' in one sense; discriminatory means 'unfairly treating a group differently.'
The new rule is discriminatory to low-income families.
The new rule is discriminatory against low-income families.
the correct preposition after discriminatory is against, not to.

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副詞搭配

  • racially discriminatory
  • sexually discriminatory
  • highly discriminatory
  • allegedly discriminatory
  • clearly discriminatory

常用片語

  • discriminatory against women / minorities / older workers
  • find something discriminatory
  • rule something discriminatory
  • discriminatory in nature

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