justice
n
1 [U]
(a) right and fair behaviour or treatment 公平; 公正; 正義
laws based on the principles of justice 以公正為原則的法律
efforts to achieve complete social justice 為達到社會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. 他要求給他一次機會表達自己的觀點, 這也不無道理.
2 [U] the law and its administration 法律制裁; 司法; 審判: a court of justice 法庭
a miscarriage of justice, ie a wrong legal decision 誤判.
3 Justice [C]
(used as a title of a High Court Judge 用作高等法院法官的頭銜)
Mr Justice Smith 法官史密斯先生.
4 [C] (US) judge of a lawcourt 法官.
5 (idm 習語) bring sb to `justice arrest, try and sentence (a criminal) 使(犯人)歸案受審. ,do oneself `justice behave in a way that is worthy of one's abilities 發揮自己的能力
He didn't do himself justice in the exams, ie did not perform as well as he was capable of doing. 他在考試中沒有發揮出自己的能力. do justice to sb/sth
(a) recognize the true value of sb/sth; treat sb/sth fairly 承認某人[某事物]的價值; 公平對待某人[某事物]
To do her justice, we must admit that she did deserve to win. 說句公道話, 我們得承認她應該獲勝.
The photograph does not do full justice to (ie does not truly reproduce) the rich colours of the gardens. 這張照片沒有真實地反映出花園的豐富色彩.
(b) deal with sb/sth adequately 盡心處理或對待某人[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. 我們已經吃過飯了, 所以吃不下她做的食物了.