When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.
當我們說“他罪有應得”這句話的時候,我們部分承認了某種特定的環境使得正義自動地起了作用。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 35 Justice was done

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justice ['d??st?s] 詞頻1 詞根: just
n. 正義;公正;法律制裁;審判員,法官;
?? just公正的+ice表名詞 →正義
"a fugitive from justice"
逃犯
近義:right, equity, fairness, arbitrator, judge, magistrate 反義:unfairness
accord [?'k?rd] 詞頻2 詞根: cord
n. 協議;條約;(色彩的)協調;和解協議; vt. 給予;使和諧一致;使符合;使適合; vi. 符合;一致;
?? ac一再+cord一致→一致;符合
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過去的七月,雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義:chord, coincide, concur, agree, award, present 反義:incoherence, incomprehension, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity, bafflement
phrase [frez] 詞頻2
n. <語>短語;成語;說法;樂句; vt. 敘述,措詞; vt.& vi. 劃分樂句,分樂節(尤指為奏樂或歌唱);
?? 電話(ph)里正規軍(ra)對司儀(se)說 短語 短語頗(p)害(h)人(r)俺(a)孫(s)兒(e)弄不懂
"a felicitous turn of phrase"
貼切的措辭
近義:articulate, mouth, pronounce, say, speak, utter
right [ra?t] 詞頻1 詞根: 直
adv. 立刻,馬上;向右,右邊;恰當地;一直; adj. 右方的;正確的;合適的;好的,正常的; n. 正確,正當;右邊;權利;右手; vt. 糾正;扶直,使正;整理;補償; vi. (船舶等)復正,恢復平穩;
?? 請把名字寫(write)在右邊(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
這咖啡還滿意嗎?
近義:avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect 反義:counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
part [pɑ:t] 詞頻1 詞根: 部分
n. 部分;零件;參加;地區; vt. 使分裂;拆移;使分開; vi. 分開;分離;分岔; adv. 不完全地,部分地; adj. 不完全的,部分的;
"The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished."
計劃的第一部分已順利完成。
近義:section, segment, split, divide, fragment, secede 反義:whole, entirety, off, outright, plumb, quite

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