| 单词 | justify |
| 释义 | justify verbadverb | verb + justify | preposition adverb➤really, truly确实证明⋯正当◆can you really justify the destruction of such a fine old building?你确实能为毁坏这样一幢精美的古建筑找出正当的解释吗？➤easily容易证明⋯正当◆the university could not easily justify spending the money on this.这所大学很难为此项花销作出合理的解释。➤hardly难以证明⋯正当◆the result hardly justified the risks they took to get it.结果难以证明他们为此所冒风险确有所值。verb + justify➤can能够证明⋯正当➤serve to用以证明⋯合理◆the events that followed served to justify our earlier decision.后来发生的事件证明我们先前的决定是合理的。➤appear to, seem to似乎能证明⋯正当◆in 1865 a letter arrived that appeared to justify her faith.1865 年寄来的一封信似乎能说明她的信仰是有道理的。➤help to有助于证明⋯正当◆the extra effort involved would go a long way in helping to justify their high price tags.他们的额外付出对证明其高价的合理性是极有帮助的。➤be easy to容易证明⋯正当◆the many issues that make it easy to justify the purchase使得此项购买的合理性容易得到证明的许多问题➤attempt to, seek to, try to试图证明⋯合理▸➤be necessary to, have to, need to有必要／不得不／需要证明⋯正当▸➤be difficult to, be hard to, be tough to, struggle to难以证明⋯正当；想方设法证明⋯合理◆he found it very difficult to justify his decision.他觉得很难为自己的决定作出合理解释。➤be impossible to不可能证明⋯正当preposition➤on the grounds of sth, on the grounds that...以⋯为理由证明⋯正当◆the decision is justified on the grounds that there is no realistic alternative.既然没有其他现实的选择，这个决定便是合理的。➤to向⋯证明⋯合理◆how will you justify this pay cut to your employees?你将如何向员工们证明这次减薪是合理的？justify [transitive] to show that sb/sth is right or reasonable; to give an explanation or excuse for sth or for doing sth, especially sth that other people think is wrong or unreasonable证明⋯正确（或正当、有理）；对⋯作出解释；为⋯辩解◆how can they justify paying such huge salaries?他们怎么证明支付如此高昂的薪金是正当的呢？◆her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her.她的成功证明了老师对她的信任是正确的。◆you don't need to justify yourself to me.你不必向我解释你的理由。 ➡ see also justification → reason , unjustified → unjustified justify/ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ ||; ˈdʒʌstəˌfaɪ/verb [t] (present participle justifying third person singular present justifies;past tense past participle justified) to give or be a good reason for sth 证明…正当或合理: ◇can you justify your decision? 你能证明你的决定是对的？ justifysee ⇨ reason 5,6 ⇨ right 8 jus·ti·fy /`dʒʌstəˏfaɪ; ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/v [t]to give a good enough reason for doing something that other people think is unreasonable 证明［别人认为不合理的事］有道理:◇how can you justify spending so much money on a coat? 花那么多钱买一件外套，你怎样对此作出合理的解释呢？ |
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