| [/ˈdʒʌstɪs; ˋdʒʌstɪs/] n 用法:
1 [U] (a) right and fair behaviour or treatment 公平; 公正; 正义:
laws based on the principles of justice 以公正为原则的法律 *
efforts to achieve complete social justice 为达到社会的完全公道而做的努力.
(b) quality of being reasonable or fair 合理; 公道:
He demanded, with some justice, that he should be given an opportunity to express his views. 他要求给他一次机会表达自己的观点, 这也不无道理. 用法:
2 [U] the law and its administration 法律制裁; 司法; 审判:
a court of justice 法庭 *
a miscarriage of justice, ie a wrong legal decision 误判. 用法:
3 Justice [C] (used as a title of a High Court Judge 用作高等法院法官的头衔):
Mr Justice Smith 法官史密斯先生. 用法:
4 [C] (US) judge of a lawcourt 法官. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) bring sb to `justice arrest, try and sentence (a criminal) 使（犯人）归案受审. ,do oneself `justice behave in a way that is worthy of one's abilities 发挥自己的能力:
He didn't do himself justice in the exams, ie did not perform as well as he was capable of doing. 他在考试中没有发挥出自己的能力. do justice to sb/sth (a) recognize the true value of sb/sth; treat sb/sth fairly 承认某人[某事物]的价值; 公平对待某人[某事物]:
To do her justice, we must admit that she did deserve to win. 说句公道话, 我们得承认她应该获胜. *
The photograph does not do full justice to (ie does not truly reproduce) the rich colours of the gardens. 这张照片没有真实地反映出花园的丰富色彩.
(b) deal with sb/sth adequately 尽心处理或对待某人[某事物]:
Since we'd already eaten, we couldn't do justice to her cooking, ie could not eat all the food she had cooked. 我们已经吃过饭了, 所以吃不下她做的食物了. |