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柯林斯词典

justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/ (justices)

1. N-UNCOUNT Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated. 公正
He has a good overall sense of justice and fairness. 他有良好的公正和公平的整体意识。
He only wants freedom, justice and equality. 他只要自由、公正和平等。
2. N-UNCOUNT The justice of a cause, claim, or argument is its quality of being reasonable, fair, or right. 正当性
We are a minority and must convince people of the justice of our cause. 我们是少数，必须让人们相信我们动机的正当性。
3. N-UNCOUNT Justice is the legal system that a country uses in order to deal with people who break the law. 司法
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。
4. N-COUNT A justice is a judge. 法官[美国英语]
Thomas will be sworn in today as a justice on the Supreme Court. 托马斯将在今天宣誓就任最高法院法官。
5. N-TITLE Justice is used before the names of judges. 法官 (表示头衔)
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。
6. PHRASE 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. 依法惩处
They demanded that those responsible be brought to justice. 他们要求那些责任人应依法予以惩处。
7. PHRASE To do justice to a person or thing means to reproduce them accurately and show how good they are. 准确再现优点
The photograph I had seen didn't do her justice. 我看到的那张照片不如她本人。
8. PHRASE If you do justice to someone or something, you deal with them properly and completely. 恰如其分地处理
No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud. 没有一篇文章能恰如其分地处理欺诈这一主题。
9. PHRASE If you do yourself justice, you do something as well as you are capable of doing it. 充分发挥某人能力
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。

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剑桥词典

justice noun (FAIRNESS)

What poetic justice that Collins has to go to court to plead to be allowed to die , just like his innocent victims pleaded to be allowed to live .
That photo doesn't really do justice to her good looks .
The final score doesn't do justice to our team's performance .
She felt that her exam results didn't do her justice.
The book presents a vision of a society based on equity and social justice.

justice noun (LAW)

The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals .
We shall do everything necessary to bring the murderer to justice.
The state must ensure the independence and impartiality of the justice system .
The defendants are also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were fugitives from justice .

justice noun (JUDGE)

Lord Justice Wallace is expected to deliver his verdict early next week .
The re-trial will be heard before the justices.
Justice Woolf is hearing the case in closed session .
All but one of the justices agreed that the appeal should be dismissed .
The Supreme Court of the United States has nine members - a chief justice and eight associate justices.

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