mid-13c., "action of trying at law, trial," also "capacity for making decisions," from Old French jugement "legal judgment; diagnosis; the Last Judgment" (11c.), from jugier (see judge (v.)). From late 13c. as "penalty imposed by a court;" early 14c. as "any authoritative decision, verdict." From c. 1300 in referfence to the Last Judgment. Also from c. 1300 as "opinion." Sense of "discernment" is first recorded 1530s.
例文
1. I depended on his companionship and on his judgment .
私は彼の友情を信頼し、彼の判断も信じています。
2.Perhaps anger had clouded his vision,perhaps his judgment had been faulty.
怒りが彼の目をくらましたのかもしれないし、彼の判断が間違っていたのかもしれない。
3.By his own statement,there have been imperfections in his judgment .
彼自身の主張によると、彼の判断には不十分な点があった。
4.In your judgment ,what has changed over the past few years?