When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.
当我们说“他罪有应得”这句话的时候,我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 35 Justice was done

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justice ['dʒʌstɪs] 词频1 词根: just
n. 正义;公正;法律制裁;审判员,法官;
💡 just公正的+ice表名词 →正义
"a fugitive from justice"
逃犯
近义:right, equity, fairness, arbitrator, judge, magistrate 反义:unfairness
accord [ə'kɔrd] 词频2 词根: cord
n. 协议;条约;(色彩的)协调;和解协议; vt. 给予;使和谐一致;使符合;使适合; vi. 符合;一致;
💡 ac一再+cord一致→一致;符合
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在刚过去的七月,双方签订了和平条约。
近义:chord, coincide, concur, agree, award, present 反义:incoherence, incomprehension, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity, bafflement
phrase [frez] 词频2
n. <语>短语;成语;说法;乐句; vt. 叙述,措词; vt.& vi. 划分乐句,分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱);
💡 电话(ph)里正规军(ra)对司仪(se)说 短语 短语颇(p)害(h)人(r)俺(a)孙(s)儿(e)弄不懂
"a felicitous turn of phrase"
贴切的措辞
近义:articulate, mouth, pronounce, say, speak, utter
right [raɪt] 词频1 词根: 直
adv. 立刻,马上;向右,右边;恰当地;一直; adj. 右方的;正确的;合适的;好的,正常的; n. 正确,正当;右边;权利;右手; vt. 纠正;扶直,使正;整理;补偿; vi. (船舶等)复正,恢复平稳;
💡 请把名字写(write)在右边(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
这咖啡还满意吗?
近义:avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect 反义:counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
part [pɑ:t] 词频1 词根: 部分
n. 部分;零件;参加;地区; vt. 使分裂;拆移;使分开; vi. 分开;分离;分岔; adv. 不完全地,部分地; adj. 不完全的,部分的;
"The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished."
计划的第一部分已顺利完成。
近义:section, segment, split, divide, fragment, secede 反义:whole, entirety, off, outright, plumb, quite

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