equitable

Compared meaning: fair, treating people justly (adjective).

比较义项：公平的（形容词）。

• fair

  A common, everyday word meaning treating people equally or acting rightly; used in casual speech about people, games, rules or judgments.

  常见的日常用词，指公平地对待他人或做事合乎情理；常用于口语中谈论人、游戏、规则或评判。

  It's not fair that she got picked for the team and I didn't.

  她被选进了队里而我没有，这不公平。

• equitable 本词

  A formal word used mainly in policy, legal or economic contexts; suggests a carefully balanced distribution that accounts for people's different needs.

  较为正式的用词，主要用于政策、法律或经济语境；强调考虑到各方不同需求而作出的合理分配。

  The city council proposed a more equitable distribution of funding among schools.

  市议会提议在各学校之间更公平地分配资金。

Fair and equitable both mean fair, but their tone differs. Fair is common and casual, used for people, games, or rules. Equitable is formal, mainly used in policy, law, or economics, and suggests a balanced distribution that considers people's different needs.

这两个词在“公平的”这一义项上意思相近，但语气和使用场合不同：fair更口语化、日常，多用于谈论人、游戏或规则；equitable更正式，常用于政策、法律或资源分配等书面语境，强调照顾到各方不同需求的合理分配。