invidious
invidious — 形容詞
- invidiouspositive
- more invidiouscomparative
- most invidioussuperlative
1. used to describe a situation, choice, or comparison that is unfair and makes peo
不公平又難堪
不公平而使人難堪或反感的
used to describe a situation, choice, or comparison that is unfair and makes people feel resentful, embarrassed, or placed at a disadvantage
The head teacher faced the invidious task of deciding which three staff members to let go.
校長面臨一項不公且難堪的任務：決定要讓哪三位教職員離開。
collocation: invidious task
Adisa grew tired of the invidious comparisons his boss kept making between his work and a colleague's.
Adisa 厭倦了老闆不斷將他的工作與同事做不公且難堪的比較。
collocation: invidious comparisons
Lara was put in an invidious position when two friends each demanded she take their side.
Lara 陷入不公且難堪的處境，兩位朋友各自要求她選邊站。
Bao thought it invidious to rank the volunteers when everyone had put in the same long hours.
Bao 認為在大家投入相同長時間的情況下給志工排名是不公且難堪的。
The newspaper cartoon drew an invidious distinction between city families and those living in the countryside.
報紙上的漫畫對城市家庭和鄉村家庭做了不公且難堪的區分。
- unfair
broader and more common; lacks the specific sense of causing resentment or embarrassment
- discriminatory
focuses on prejudice against a group; invidious can be unfair without targeting a specific group
- odious
stronger, meaning hateful or repulsive, but does not imply unfairness
- objectionable
means causing disapproval, but lacks the core idea of unfairness that invidious carries
文法句型
invidious + noun
it is invidious to + verb
用法筆記
Typically describes situations, choices, comparisons, or distinctions — not people directly. In modern English, you would say someone was put in an invidious position, but you would not call a person 'an invidious person.'