justify

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #7205 ★★★☆☆

vt. 替...辩护, 证明 vi. 证明合法 [计] 段落重排, 两端对齐

发音

US /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/

词形变化

justified justifies 三单 justifies justifiest justifieth justifying justifying 现在分词 justified 过去式 justified 过去分词

别名

justifie

教材释义与例句

动词

证明合法；整理版面

动词

证明…是正当的；替…辩护

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To provide an acceptable explanation for.

    辩解

    辩护

    声辩

    及物

    How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?

    Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.

  2. 2.

    To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.

    及物

    Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.

  3. 3.

    To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.

    及物 媒体 印刷

    The text will look better justified.

  4. 4.

    To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.

    She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him.

  6. 6.

    To prove; to ratify; to confirm.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.

    法律
  8. 8.

    To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

    法律

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

vindicate

上位词 7

set free correct maintain adjust uphold absolve

下位词 4

excuse explain warrant legitimate

相关短语

the ends justify the means the end justifies the means 只要目的正当，可以不择手段

词源

From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just + -ify.

来源：wiktionary