justice

justice

noun

1. judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

2. the quality of being just or fair

Synonym: justness

3. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Synonym: judgejurist

1. 公平；公正；正义
Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated.

e.g. He has a good overall sense of justice and fairness...
他极富正义感和公平意识。
e.g. He only wants freedom, justice and equality...
他只要自由、公正和平等。

2. （理由、要求或论点的）合理，正当，正确，公道
The justice of a cause, claim, or argument is its quality of being reasonable, fair, or right.

e.g. We are a minority and must win people round to the justice of our cause.
我们属于少数群体，必须赢得人们对我们的正义事业的支持。

3. 司法制度；法律制度
Justice is the legal system that a country uses in order to deal with people who break the law.

e.g. Many in Toronto's black community feel that the justice system does not treat them fairly...
多伦多的黑人群体中有很多人觉得司法制度对待他们有失公正。
e.g. A lawyer is part of the machinery of justice.
律师是司法体系的一部分。

4. 法官
A justice is a judge.

e.g. Thomas will be sworn in today as a justice on the Supreme Court.
托马斯今天将宣誓就任最高法院法官。

5. （用于法官名前）…法官
Justice is used before the names of judges.

e.g. A preliminary hearing was due to start today before Mr Justice Hutchison, but was adjourned.
今天法官哈奇森先生本来要主持一项预审，但暂时休庭了。

6. see also: miscarriage of justice

7. 将…绳之以法；把…缉拿归案
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.

e.g. They demanded that those responsible be brought to justice...
他们要求将责任人缉拿归案。
e.g. She'd need proof to bring Jason to justice.
她需要有证据才能将贾森绳之以法。

8. 准确地再现；逼真地重现
To do justice to a person or thing means to reproduce them accurately and show how good they are.

e.g. The photograph I had seen didn't do her justice...
我看到的那张照片把她拍得走样了。
e.g. Most TV sets don't have the sound quality to do justice to the music.
大多数电视机的音质不好，无法播出原来的音乐效果。

9. 妥善应付；恰当处理；尽力全面做好
If you do justice to someone or something, you deal with them properly and completely.

e.g. No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud...
没有哪一篇文章能把欺诈这一话题讲得恰到好处。
e.g. It is impossible here to do justice to the complex history of the Legion.
在这里不可能完整地论述古罗马军团复杂的历史。

10. 充分发挥能力；尽最大的努力
If you do yourself justice, you do something as well as you are capable of doing it.

e.g. I don't think he could do himself justice playing for England...
我认为他为英格兰队效力时不可能充分发挥自己的水平。
e.g. I don't think I can win, but I want to do myself justice.
我认为我不会获胜，但我会尽自己最大的努力。

11. 不合法的待遇（或惩罚）
If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.

e.g. Trial by television makes for very rough justice indeed.
电视庭审实际上会令审判不公。

12. 不公正的待遇（或惩罚）
If you say that something is rough justice for someone, you mean that they have not been treated fairly.

e.g. It would have been rough justice had he been deprived of this important third European win.
要是他被剥夺了这一意义重大的第三个欧洲冠军头衔，那对他简直是太不公平了。