公平這個理念
這一族是核心畫面本身：天秤擺平、人人被公道對待。其餘各層都從這裡長出去——有的把它抽象成「該不該」，有的把它做成制度。
fair and equal treatment · noun · B2
The idea of treating all people in a fair and equal way.
公平
核心畫面
You can picture justice as a balance scale that finally sits level — everyone getting exactly what is fair and deserved, nothing tilted in anyone's favour. From that single picture of 'fairness made real' grow both the abstract idea of fairness and the whole machinery (courts, laws, judges) built to deliver it.
可以把 justice 想成一座終於擺平的天秤：每個人都拿到他應得的、公道的那一份，沒有哪一邊被偏袒。整個字都圍著這…更多收起
可以把 justice 想成一座終於擺平的天秤：每個人都拿到他應得的、公道的那一份，沒有哪一邊被偏袒。整個字都圍著這個「讓公平真正落地」的畫面打轉——往內是「公平」這個抽象理念，往外則是為了實現它而蓋出來的整套機器：法院、法律、法官。Four branches
實現公平的制度與人
公平不能只停在理念，得有東西去執行它。於是社會蓋出一整套機器——法院、法律——再派人去操作它，這些人就成了法官。整族都是「把那座天秤做成真實機構」。
the legal system · noun · B2
The system of courts and laws that judges people and punishes those who break the law.
司法
公道有沒有兌現
前面是理念和機構，這一族盯的是結果：那座天秤到底有沒有真的擺平。常凝固在固定說法裡，講「公道終於來了」。
justice has been done/served · noun · B2
In the phrase 'justice has been done/served', used to say that someone got the fair result or punishment they deserved.
得到公道
片語：充分展現實力
這一族是從「公平對待」延伸出的固定片語：給某樣東西它應得的對待，就是讓它的好被完整看見。意思已偏向慣用語，當整塊記比硬推回天秤實在。
do justice to · noun · B2
In the phrase 'do justice to', to show how good, beautiful, or skilled someone or something really is.
充分展現
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Justicenoun
- 1
The title of a justice of court.
Justicename
- 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
- 2
A male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice.
- Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.
- 3
A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
justicenoun/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
- 1
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- the justice of a description
- This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
- 2
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Justice was served.
- The perfect society is not to be an embodiment of the idea of justice, but one in which that idea has no meaning, since it is bound up with private property and the regulation of property relationships.
- 3
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- to demand justice
- 4
The civil power dealing with law.
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
- 5
A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- Gee, I guess that’s up to the justices. Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence.
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Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
- As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。