| 释义 |
judg·ment
noun
or judge·ment \ˈjəjmənt\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English juggement, from Old French jugement, from jugier to judge + -ment — more at judge
1.
a. : a formal utterance or pronouncing of an authoritative opinion after judging
b. : an opinion so pronounced; especially : an adverse opinion : censure, criticism
2.
a.
(1) : a formal decision or determination given in a cause by a court of law or other tribunal : court order, sentence — compare decree 3b(1), summary judgment
(2) Britain : a record or statement of the reasons for a specific judicial decision — compare opinion
b.
(1) : an obligation (as a debt) created by decree of a court
< collection of … automobile judgments from uninsured motorists — Harvard Law Review >
— compare estoppel, quasi contract
(2) : an official certificate evidencing such a decision or decree
c. archaic : a definitive or authoritative decision usually pronounced formally as if in a court of justice
3.
a. obsolete : the action of trying a person or a cause in or as if in a court of justice : trial
b. usually capitalized
(1) : the final judging of mankind by God in which reward or punishment is meted out to each individual according to his deserts — usually used with the
< the expected letting loose of … anger at the Judgment — C.A.Scott >
< the dead … biding Judgment, in its fold have slept — Walter de la Mare >
(2) : judgment day 1a
4.
a. : a divine sentence or decision; specifically : a calamity held to be sent by God as a punishment for wrong committed or as a symbol of divine displeasure
b. : a divine decree : a law divinely given
< hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day — Deut 5:1 (Authorized Version) >
5. obsolete : justice, righteousness
< for I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery — Isa 61:8 (Authorized Version) >
6.
a. : the action of judging : the mental or intellectual process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing
< the author has sought to exercise some rigor of judgement — Ernest Barker >
b. : an opinion or estimate so formed
< an economist should form an independent judgment on currency questions — Bertrand Russell >
c. obsolete : a religious belief or opinion of a sectarian nature : persuasion
< those of the Presbyterian judgment — Oliver Cromwell >
7.
a. : the capacity for judging : the power or ability to decide on the basis of evidence
< judgment is the highest of the human faculties — E.L.Godkin >
< some of the sharpest men in argument are notoriously unsound in judgment — O.W.Holmes †1894 >
< a steadying and composing effect upon their judgment — Matthew Arnold >
b.
(1) : the exercise of the capacity to judge
< in cases where poor judgment was displayed — Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell >
< sound professional judgment — Journal of Accountancy >
(2) : the wise or just exercise of this capacity : discernment, discretion — used without qualifier
< he was not a man of judgment and he allowed personal feeling to influence his action — Hilaire Belloc >
< displays … tact, clarity, and judgment — Saturday Review >
8. obsolete : one possessing good judgment : judge II f
< he's one o' th' soundest judgments in Troy … and a proper man — Shakespeare >
9. logic
a. : the action of mentally establishing a relation between two or more terms; especially : the affirmation or denial of a predicate with respect to a subject — compare apprehension
b. : a formal expression embodying such a logical conclusion; especially : a proposition viewed as a statement of something believed or asserted
10. philosophy : the capacity, power, or faculty of judging: as
a. Scholasticism : the capacity to arrive at a decision about the value of things
b. Kantianism
(1) : the power of relating particular to general terms or concepts — see determinative judgment, reflective judgment
(2) : a capacity mediating between reason and the understanding; broadly : the critical faculty
Synonyms: see sense
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