新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

justice

英  [ˈdʒʌstɪs]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • justices

    1[U 不可数名词] 公正

    Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated.

    近义词

    fairness , equality , law , legality

    反义词

    injustice , unfairness

    双语例句

    例:

    He has a good overall sense of justice and fairness.

    他极富正义感和公平意识。

    例:

    He only wants freedom, justice and equality.

    他只要自由、公正和平等。

    2[U 不可数名词] 正当性

    The justice of a cause, claim, or argument is its quality of being reasonable, fair, or right.

    近义词

    legitimacy

    双语例句

    例:

    We are a minority and must convince people of the justice of our cause.

    我们是少数群体,必须让人们相信我们动机的正当性。

    3[U 不可数名词] 司法制度

    Justice is the legal system that a country uses in order to deal with people who break the law.

    双语例句

    例:

    Many in Toronto's black community feel that the justice system does not treat them fairly.

    多伦多黑人社区的很多人觉得司法制度对他们不公正。

    例:

    A lawyer is part of the machinery of justice.

    律师是司法体系的一部分。

    4[C 可数名词] 法官(表示头衔)

    Justice is used before the names of judges.

    双语例句

    例:

    A preliminary hearing was due to start today before Justice Hutchison, but was adjourned.

    预审原定由哈奇森法官今天开始审理,但延期了。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • bring someone to justice

    1依法惩处

    If a criminal is brought to justice, he or she is punished for a crime by being arrested and tried in a court of law.

    双语例句

    例:

    They demanded that those responsible be brought to justice.

    他们要求依法惩处那些责任人。

  • do justice

    1准确再现优点

    To do justice to a person or thing means to reproduce them accurately and show how good they are.

    双语例句

    例:

    The photograph I had seen didn't do her justice.

    我看到的那张照片拍得不如她本人好看。

    2恰如其分地处理

    If you do justice to someone or something, you deal with them properly and completely.

    双语例句

    例:

    No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud.

    单独一篇文章不可能讲透欺诈这一题材。

  • do oneself justice

    1充分发挥某人能力

    If you do yourself justice, you do something as well as you are capable of doing it.

    双语例句

    例:

    I don't think he did himself justice in the game today.

    我认为今天他在比赛中没有充分发挥出自己的实力。