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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

justice ['ʤ^stɪs]
  1. 1. noun [u] [法] (system) 司法
  2. 2. noun [u] (fairness) 正义
  3. 3. noun [of cause] [ complaint] (legitimacy) 正当
  4. 4. noun [c] [US] (judge) 法官
    Lord Chief Justice
    [BRIT] [法] 首席大法官
    to do justice to sb/sth
    使某人/某物达到最佳效果
    The photograph I had seen didn't do her justice.
    照片没有她本人好看
    she didn't do herself justice
    没有充分发挥自己的才能
    to bring sb to justice
    某人缉拿归案

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

justice [ˈʤʌstɪs]
  1. 1. n.[u] 公平公正
    There was no justice in this country.
    这个国家没有公平而言
    Justice is the quality of being just and fair to everyone.
    公正公平对待每一个人,不偏袒任何人品质
  2. 2. n.[u] 法律制裁司法审判
    The policeman finally brought the murderer to justice.
    这个警察终于那个凶手绳之以法
  3. 3. n.[c] 法官
    She was appointed as a justice to the Supreme Court.
    她被任命最高法院的一名法官
  4. 4. n.[u] 司法部
    The Justice Department is responsible for enforcing federal laws in the United States.
    司法部负责美国推行联邦法

Collins English-English Dictionary

justice ['ʤ^stɪs]
  1. 1. n the quality or fact of being just
  2. 2. n [ethics] the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike
  3. 3. n a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases
  4. 4. n the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence
  5. 5. n the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles
  6. 6. n conformity to the law; legal validity
  7. 7. n a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature
  8. 8. n short for justice of the peace
  9. 9. n good reason (esp in the phrase with justice)
    he was disgusted by their behaviour, and with justice
  10. 10. n [Etymology] C12: from Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just

Examples

an associate justice
【美国英语】最高法院副法官;【英国英语】高等法院副法官
justice tempered with mercy
宽严并济;恩威兼施
a trial that was a travesty of justice
一次歪曲司法的审判
I am a strong believer in justice.
我坚决拥护正义。
A prosecutor was caught up in Justice Department scandal.
一名检察官卷入了司法部丑闻。
to administer justice
执法

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