discriminatory
discriminatory — 形容詞
1. describing rules, actions, or behaviour that treat particular people or groups l
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.
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]
The landlord refused to rent apartments to families with children, which is clearly discriminatory.
房東拒絕將公寓租給有小孩的家庭，這樣做明顯是歧視行為。
Jiwoo believed the dress code was discriminatory because it banned traditional religious headwear.
Jiwoo 認為這套服裝規定具有歧視性，因為它禁止佩戴傳統宗教頭飾。
- 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
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.