Justice was done 伸張正義

1. word

justice? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 正義，公正，司法

court? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 法院

law? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 法律

innocence? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 無辜

undertake? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. 承擔，著手做

arduous? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj. 艱苦的，艱難的

abstract? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj. 抽象的

concept? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 概念，觀點

mete? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 給予，處置

interference? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 干涉

accord? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. /n. 一致

premises? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 房屋

convert? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. 轉(zhuǎn)變，改變

disused? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj. 不再用的，廢棄的

fireplace? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 壁爐

muffle? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. 捂住，壓抑

chip? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. 砍，削，鑿，碎裂

blacken? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. 使變黑

emerge? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v. (從某處)出現(xiàn)

2. article

The word justice is usually associated with courts of law

正義這個詞通常與法院聯(lián)系在一起

We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt

我們可以說，當一個人的清白或有罪被毫無疑問地證明時，正義就得到了伸張

Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law

司法是復雜的法律機制的一部分

Those who seek it undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it

那些尋求正義的人走的使一條崎嶇的道路，從來沒有把握他們最終將找到正義

Judges,however wise or eminent,are human and can make mistakes

法官無論多么明智或杰出，畢竟也是人，都會犯錯誤

There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract concept

在個別情況下，正義不再是一個抽象的概念

Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of hunman interference

獎罰的實施是不受人的意志支配的

At such times,justice acts like a living force

在這種情況下，正義就像一種有生命的力量使其職能

When we used a phrase like 'it serves him right'

當我們說“他罪有應得”這句話的時候

we are in part,admitting that a certian set of circumstances has enabled justics to act of its own accord

我們部分地承認了某種特定的環(huán)境使得正義自動地起了作用

When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store one moring

一天早上，一個小偷在一家大型珠寶店被抓住

The shop was an old converted house with many large disused fireplaces and tall,narrow chimneys

這家商店是一座經(jīng)過改造的舊房子，有許多廢棄的大壁爐和又高又窄的煙囪

Towards midday,a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls

快到中午的時候，一個女孩聽到一聲低沉的哭聲從一堵墻后面?zhèn)鱽?/p>

As the cry was repeated several times,she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade

哭聲重復了好幾次，她跑去告訴經(jīng)理，經(jīng)理立即給消防隊打了電話

The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys

哭聲當然是從一根煙囪里傳來的

but as there were so many of them,the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was

但由于有這么多煙囪，消防隊員無法確定是哪一個

They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries

他們輕敲墻壁，傾聽那人的哭聲，找到了正確的煙囪

After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick,they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney

在鑿穿一堵18英寸厚的墻后，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一個人被困在煙囪里

As it was extremely narrow,the man was unable to move

由于太窄，這名男子無法移動

but the fire fighters were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hold in the wall

消防員在墻上挖了個大洞，才終于把他解救出來

The sorry-looking,blackened figure that emerged,admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney

出現(xiàn)的那個臉色陰沉的黑影立即承認，他曾試圖在夜間闖入商店，但被困在煙囪里

He had been there for nearly ten hours

他在那里已經(jīng)將近十個小時了

Justic had been done even before the man was handed over to the police

甚至在該男子被移交給警察之前，正義就已經(jīng)得到了伸張