judge1 /dʒʌdʒ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]1 SCTBOthe official in control of a court, who decides how criminals should be punished 法官;審判官The trial judge specifies the number of years to be spent in prison. 由主審法官確定刑期。
federal judge/high court judge etc (=a judge in a particular court) 聯邦法院/高等法院等法官
3 a good/bad judge of something JUDGEsomeone whose opinion on something is usually right or wrong 對某事物判斷力很好/很差的人Sandra’s a very good judge of character. 桑德拉很善於判斷人的性格。
a good/bad judge of something• He's also a good judge of a quick run.• I didn't protest as it was his fence officially, and he was supposed to be a good judge of torque.• Sarah's not a very good judge of character.• And for all his imagination, he was not a good judge of character on limited acquaintance.• But Anya's a better judge of character than she used to be, back in the old homeland.• It was not that he was too sure of himself simply that he was a good judge of the possible.• He was a good judge of character, hated hypocrisy, and had no time for conceit.• Munnings, he told reporters, was a better judge of horses than paintings. 4 be the judge (of something) to be the person whose opinion on something matters or is accepted (對某事)作評判No one else can say what its value to you is – only you can be the judge of that. 其他人誰也無法說明它對於你的意義,唯有你自己才能作出評判。
be the judge (of something)• Only you can be the judge of that.• I would lean toward the manslaughter charge, however, rather than murder, if I were the judge.• But the bigger impact on the Clinton legacy may be the judges that Mr Clinton himself was unable to appoint.• Well, if it's all the same to you, we would rather be the judges of that.• You have to be the judge of your own cooking.• And who were to be the judges of error? 5. let me be the judge of that spokenADVISE used to tell someone angrily that you do not need their advice 我自己會判斷〔用於生氣地向某人表示你不需要其勸告〕 6. be judge and jury (also act as judge and jury) to make or have the power to make an important decision affecting someone by yourself – used showing disapproval 有權決定〔影響他人的事〕,說了算〔用作貶義〕 7. as sober as a judge someone who is as sober as a judge is not drunk at all 一點沒醉