2012托福考试:托福写作时必备抽象词(十)

2012托福考试:托福写作时必备抽象词(十)

Issue

用法：① An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.

例句： This is a complex issue about which not a great deal is known， but the lack of evidence of mineral deficiencies in our population speaks to the adequacy of our soils. （2005.05）

②If something is the issue， it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion.

③ An issue of something such as a magazine or newspaper is the version of it that is published， for example， in a particular month or on a particular day.

④If you issue a statement or a warning， you make it known formally or publicly.

⑤If you are issued with something， it is officially given to you.

⑥When something such as a liquid， sound， or smell issues from something， it comes out of that thing. （FORMAL）

⑦The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.

⑧If you make an issue of something， you try to make other people think about it or discuss it， because you are concerned or annoyed about it.

⑨If you take issue with someone or something they said， you disagree with them， and start arguing about it.

Justice

用法：① Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated.

②The justice of a cause， claim， or argument is its quality of being reasonable， fair， or right.

③ Justice is the legal system that a country uses in order to deal with people who break the law.

例句： Not only did they cater to the governor and his circle， but citizens from all over the colony came to the capital for legislative sessions of the assembly and council and the meetings of the courts of justice. （2000.01）

④ If a criminal is brought to justice， he or she is punished for a crime by being arrested and tried in a court of law.

⑤To do justice to a person or thing means to reproduce them accurately and show how good they are.

⑥ If you do justice to someone or something， you deal with them properly and completely.

⑦ If you do yourself justice， you do something as well as you are capable of doing it.

⑧。 If you describe someone’s treatment or punishment as rough justice， you mean that it is not given according to the law.