equity

Compared meaning: fair and just treatment (noun).

比较义项：公平，公正（名词）。

• equity 本词

  More formal and abstract; used for fairness at a systemic or institutional level, such as equal access to resources or opportunities, often in policy or academic contexts.

  更正式、更抽象；用于制度或体系层面的公平，例如资源或机会的平等获取，常见于政策或学术语境。

  The new policy aims to promote equity in access to healthcare across all communities.

  这项新政策旨在促进所有社区在获得医疗服务方面的公平。

• fairness

  More everyday and concrete; used for just, even-handed treatment in a specific situation, often involving individual people or a particular decision.

  更日常、更具体；用于特定情境中对个人的公正、一视同仁的对待，常涉及具体的人或某个决定。

  The coach tried to ensure fairness by giving everyone equal playing time.

  教练努力确保公平，给每个人平等的上场时间。

Equity and fairness both mean fair, just treatment. Equity is more formal and abstract, used for fairness at a systemic level, like equal access to resources or opportunities, often in policy contexts. Fairness is everyday and concrete, about just treatment in a specific situation.

两词在“公平对待”这一意义上接近，但 equity 更偏书面、抽象，常指制度或体系层面的公平（如资源分配、机会均等），带有一定的理念/原则色彩；fairness 更口语化，多用于具体情境中人与人之间的公正对待。equity 还有“资产净值、股权”等义项，此处不作比较。