justice
/ˈdʒʌstɪs/noun
1
- mass noun just behaviour or treatment正义; 公正, 公平:
a concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people.
一种对正义、和平以及真正尊重他人的关心。
1.1
- the quality of being fair and reasonable公平性, 合理性:
the justice of his case.
他这个案件的公平性。
1.2
- the administration of the law or authority in maintaining this司法, 审判:
a tragic miscarriage of justice.
令人扼腕叹息的司法不公。
2
- a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the Supreme Court of a country or state(尤指国家最高法院的)法官。
短语
bring someone to justice
- arrest someone for a crime and ensure that they are tried in court将某人绳之以法。
do oneself justice
- perform as well as one is able to竭尽全力, 充分发挥自己的能力。
do someone/thing justice
- do, treat, or represent with due fairness or appreciation公平处理; 公平对待; 充分表现, 充分展示:
the brief menu does not do justice to the food.
这份简短的菜单没有充分说明食物的特色。
in justice to
- out of fairness to对…作出应有的评价, 公正地对待, 为对…公平起见:
I say this in justice to both of you.
为了对你们两人公平起见, 我说了这些话。
Mr (或Mrs) Justice
- Brit. a form of address or reference to a judge of the supreme court (e.g. a High Court judge)〈英〉[用于称呼或指代最高法院的法官(如高级法院法官)]。
rough justice
- 见ROUGH.
派生词
justiceship
noun (义项2)词源
late Old English iustise 'administration of the law', via Old French from Latin justitia, from justus (see JUST).