| 释义 |
just war, n.
Brit. |ˈdʒʌst ˌwɔː|, U.S. |ˈdʒəst ˈwɔ(ə)r|
[‹ just adj. + war n.1 Compare classical Latin iustum bellum.]
A war or military action considered morally or (originally) theologically justifiable.
1485Caxton tr. Lyf Charles Grete (1881) 10 How aygoland sent to Charles that he shold feably come to hym with lytel peple to make Iust warre. 1610G. Charleton Jurisdiction 292 The publike good is peace, whereunto justices and just warres are ordinated. 1794S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 232 They were at all times ready..to contribute their full proportion towards maintaining the present just war. 1850D. Webster Speech on Mr. Clay's Resolutions 17 The defence of nations sometimes causes a just war against the injustice of other nations. 1884Atlantic Monthly Feb. 164 Still, this present war was a just war, in Ann's eyes, and her brother had no doubts at all. 1929G. K. Chesterton Thing 111, I think that our friends and brethren fell ten years ago in a just war. 1960Times 4 Feb. 10/7 In the past the conception of the just war, where it had been possible for a nation legitimately to fight in self-defence against an aggressor and in collaboration with others to thwart aggression, was a right one, but now that weapons had been invented which involved indiscriminate destruction it was very difficult to see how there could be a just war. 1991Canberra Times 31 Jan. 9/2 Among the main criteria for a just war are that it should be undertaken only as a ‘last resort’, that it should have ‘legitimate authority’ and ‘right intentions’, and that the means should be ‘proportionate’ to the end. 2004Aberdeen Evening Press (Nexis) 2 Nov. 18 His publicly-declared commitment to a just war to rid the world of evil. |