Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
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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
n. 合同;契约;协议;
💡 con共同+tract拉→共同拉回去→收缩；对大家都有制约→合同
"The offers for the contract were all in the same ballpark ."
本合同的所有开价均在同一范围内。
近义：narrow, retrench, shorten, shrink, straiten, compress
反义：broaden, sack, terminate, boot, discharge, cashier
vt. 预防;阻碍;阻止;[宗教]引领;
vi. 阻挠，阻止;
💡 pre预先+vent来→抢先一步，防止别人→防止，阻止
"The fence is strategically sited to prevent anyone getting onto the beach."
这个围栏的地点选择得很有策略,可以阻止任何人到海滩上.
近义：hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, obviate, avert
反义：promote, encourage, favor, favour, forward, foster
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er
expediency
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n. 权宜, 方便, 私利
近义：apropriateness, propriety, readiness, briskness, convenience, advantage