| 单词 | rough justice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough justice rough justice n. harsh, arbitrary, or heavy-handed treatment or punishment, esp. that which is regarded as approximately fair but which is not necessarily in accordance with the law. ΚΠ a1679 Earl of Orrery Herod (1694) ii. 15 This rough Justice must a Tempest raise, And drive into despair the furious Jews. 1798 Ann. Reg. 1792 Pt. 1 319/2 Many good friends to the church had spoken in favourable terms of the rioters, and thought, that something like rough justice had been done. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life xi. ii. 405 In this rough justice of the world there is a natural distribution of rewards. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Aug. 2/3 The rough justice of an officers' mess. 1989 R. Graef Talking Blues ix. 272 The pressure on police procedures, and..the temptation to bend the rules in the interests of rough justice. 2004 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. 13/1 The Pentagon's uniformed lawyers were angered by the implications that the military would be used to deliver ‘rough justice’ for the terrorists. < as lemmas |
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