jus‧tice W2 / dʒʌstəs, dʒʌstɪs / 名词

1 system of judgement [不可数名词] the system by which people are judged in courts of law and criminals are punished :

a book on the criminal justice system

The killers will be brought to justice (= caught and punished ) .

Acts of terrorism must not escape justice . → miscarriage of justice

2 fairness [不可数名词] fairness in the way people are treated 反义词 injustice :

Children have a strong sense of justice .

His people came to him demanding justice . → poetic justice

3 being right [不可数名词] the quality of being right and deserving fair treatment :

No one doubts the justice of our cause.

4 do justice to somebody/something ( also do somebody/something justice ) to treat or represent someone or something good, beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve :

The photo doesn’t do her justice.

No words can do justice to the experience.

5 do yourself justice to do something such as a test well enough to show your real ability :

Sara panicked in the exam and didn’t do herself justice.

6 justice has been done/served used to say that someone has been treated fairly or has been given a punishment they deserve

7 judge [可数名词] ( also Justice )

a) American English a judge in a law court

b) British English the title of a judge in the High Court

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