| 单词 | just |
| 释义 | 1. adverb uses2. adjective use just (dʒʌst ) adverb uses 1. adverb [ADVERB before verb] A2 You use just to say that something happened a very short time ago, or is starting to happen at the present time. For example, if you say that someone has just arrived, you mean that they arrived a very short time ago. I've just bought a new house. The two had only just met. I just had the most awful dream. I'm only just beginning to take it in that he's still missing. Synonyms: recently, lately, only now 2. adverb [ADVERB before verb, ADV about/going to-inf] A2 If you say that you are just doing something, you mean that you are doing it now and will finish it very soon. If you say that you are just about to do something, or just going to do it, you mean that you will do it very soon. I'm just making the sauce for the cauliflower. I'm just going to walk down the lane now and post some letters. The Vietnam War was just about to end. 3. adverb [ADV adv/prep] B1 You can use just to emphasize that something is happening at exactly the moment of speaking or at exactly the moment that you are talking about. [emphasis] Randall would just now be getting the Sunday paper. Just then the phone rang. I remember now. He arrived just at the moment it happened. Just as she prepared to set off to the next village, two friends arrived in a taxi. 4. adverb B1 You use just to indicate that something is no more important, interesting, or difficult, for example, than you say it is, especially when you want to correct a wrong idea that someone may get or has already got. [emphasis] It's just a suggestion. It's not just a financial matter. You can tell just by looking at me that I am all right. Synonyms: merely, but, only, simply 5. adverb [ADVERB noun] B1+ You use just to emphasize that you are talking about a small part, not the whole of an amount. [emphasis] That's just one example of the kind of experiments you can do. These are just a few of the many options available. 6. adverb B1+ You use just to emphasize how small an amount is or how short a length of time is. [emphasis] Stephanie and David redecorated a room in just three days. Remember he's just fourteen years old. 7. adverb [ADVERB before verb] B2 You can use just in front of a verb to indicate that the result of something is unfortunate or undesirable and is likely to make the situation worse rather than better. Leaving like I did just made it worse. They just hurt the people in their community, they didn't really solve any problem. 8. adverb B2 You use just to indicate that what you are saying is the case, but only by a very small degree or amount. Her hand was just visible by the light from the sitting room. It was Colin's voice, only just audible. I arrived just in time for my flight to London. Jack took out his notes and talked for just under an hour. He could just reach the man's head with his right hand. Synonyms: barely, hardly, only just, scarcely 9. adverb B2 You use just with ' might', 'may', and 'could', when you mean that there is a small chance of something happening, even though it is not very likely. It's an old trick but it just might work. It may just be possible. 10. adverb [ADVERB before verb] B2 You use just to emphasize the following word or phrase, in order to express feelings such as annoyance, admiration, or certainty. [emphasis] She just won't relax. I knew you'd be here. I just knew. Isn't it fantastic? Just look at that! Just think, we should be home this time tomorrow. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid. Isn't he just the most beautiful thing you ever saw? 11. adverb [ADVERB before verb] B2 You use just with instructions, polite requests, or statements of intention, to make your request or statement seem less difficult. [spoken] Could you just give us a description of your cat? Can you just lift the table for a second? I'm just going to ask you a bit more about your father's business. Just add water, milk and butter. I'd just like to mention that, personally, I don't think it's wise. Just wait for me in the lounge. 12. adverb [ADVERB noun] B1 You use just in expressions such as just a minute and just a moment to ask someone to wait for a short time. [spoken] 'Let me in, Di.'—'Okay. Just a minute.' 13. adverb [ADVERB noun] You can use just in expressions such as just a minute and just a moment to interrupt someone, for example in order to disagree with them, explain something, or calm them down. [spoken] Well, now just a second, I don't altogether agree with the premise. 14. adverb [with neg] You can use just with negative question tags, for example 'isn't she just?' and 'don't they just!', to say that you agree completely with what has been said. [British, spoken, emphasis] 'That's crazy,' I said.—'Isn't it just?' he said. 'The manager's going to have some tough decisions to make.'—'Won't he just.' 15. adverb [ADVERB before verb] If you say that you can just see or hear something, you mean that it is easy for you to imagine seeing or hearing it. I can just see Nadia bragging away to Emma-Louise. I can just hear her telling her friends, 'Well, I blame his mother!' 16. adverb You use just to mean exactly, when you are specifying something precisely or asking for precise information. It is really not clear just why he became a Socialist. There are no statistics about just how many people won't vote. My arm hurts too, just here. That's Warwick Road, just opposite Earls Court tube station. 17. adverb [ADVERB noun] You use just to emphasize that a particular thing is exactly what is needed or fits a particular description exactly. [emphasis] Kiwi fruit are just the thing for a healthy snack. 'Let's get a coffee somewhere.'—'I know just the place.' It soon became clear that many people had been waiting for just this moment. Synonyms: exactly, really, quite, completely 18. adverb [ADV like n, ADV as adj/adv, ADVERB noun] B2 You use just in expressions such as just like, just as...as, and just the same when you are emphasizing the similarity between two things or two people. [emphasis] Behind the facade they are just like the rest of us. He worked just as hard as anyone. At 62 years old, her voice sounded just the same as it did when she was 21. 19. just about phrase B2 You use just about to indicate that what you are talking about is in fact the case, but only by a very small degree or amount. I can just about tolerate it at the moment. We've got just about enough time to get there. 20. just about phrase B2 You use just about to indicate that what you are talking about is so close to being the case that it can be regarded as being the case. He is just about the best golfer in the world. What does she read? Just about everything. 'His memory must be completely back, then?'—'Just about.' Synonyms: practically, almost, nearly, close to 21. just on phrase [PHR amount] Just on is used in mentioning an almost exact number or amount. [British] Eve, squinting at the clock, saw it was just on 7 a.m. Many were retired people, and just on a fifth were in their fifties. 22. just so phrase [usually verb-link PHRASE] If things are just so, they are done or arranged exactly as they should be or exactly as someone wants them. I do her hair, and it has to be just so. 23. just so convention Just so is used to agree with or confirm a statement that has been made. [British, old-fashioned, spoken] 'She has a large flat in Mayfair.'—'Just so.' 24. it's just that phrase [PHRASE cl] You use the expression it's just that when you are making a complaint, suggestion, or excuse, so that the person you are talking to will not get annoyed with you. I'm sorry I shouted at you. I didn't mean to. It's just that I was so mad. Your hair is all right; it's just that you need a haircut. 25. just my luck phrase [VERB inflects] If you say it is just your luck that something unpleasant has happened to you, you mean that this is quite normal because unpleasant things are always happening to you. [informal] It would be just his luck to miss the last boat. 26. not just adverb B2 You use not in expressions such as 'not only', 'not just', and 'not simply' to emphasize that something is true, but it is not the whole truth. [emphasis] These movies were not only making money; they were also perceived to be original. The 1790s were bad times, not just in Scotland but all across England. Hoffman did not simply oppose the system; he used the system against itself. 27. just now phrase B1 Just now means a very short time ago. [spoken] You looked pretty upset just now. I spoke just now of being in love. Just now I thought I saw someone. 28. only just phrase B1 You can say that something has only just happened when you want to emphasize that it happened a very short time ago. [emphasis] I've only just arrived. The signs of an economic revival are only just beginning. You're only just back from leave. 29. it just goes to show phrase If you say it just goes to show or it just shows that something is the case, you mean that what you have just said or experienced demonstrates that it is the case. This just goes to show that getting good grades in school doesn't mean you're clever. It's crazy and just shows the inconsistency of refereeing. just (dʒʌst ) adjective use 1. adjective If you describe a situation, action, or idea as just, you mean that it is right or acceptable according to particular moral principles, such as respect for all human beings. [formal] In a just society there must be a system whereby people can seek redress through the courts. She fought honestly for a just cause and for freedom. Was Pollard's life sentence just or was it too severe? Synonyms: fair, good, legitimate, honourable justly adverb [ADVERB with verb] They were not treated justly in the past. No government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people. Synonyms: fairly, equally, honestly, accurately 2. to get your just deserts phrase If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad. [feelings] At the end of the book, the bad guys get their just deserts. Quotations: Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel justHenry VI, part II Collocations: just amazing I have been working on a study on microwaveable rice, which is just amazing. The Sun (2014) Winning a match in front of a cheering crowd is just amazing. The Sun (2015) They're just amazing people and terrific keepers. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I turn into a nervous wreck before she goes up on stage, but she's just amazing. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It was just amazing to reach that target. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It's fresh and has a whole half-piece of sweetcorn, chicken drumsticks and cucumbers: home-made, hearty and just awesome. Times, Sunday Times It was scary and spontaneous and it was just awesome. The Sun He's just awesome, he just took me from fence to fence. Times, Sunday Times But she's a special breed, she's just awesome. The Sun The painkillers you get afterwards are just awesome. Times, Sunday Times I don't like smoking at the best of times but in a lift it's just awful. The Sun I wasn't able to talk to them, which was just awful. Times, Sunday Times It's not 'the song choice', they're just awful! The Sun You worry about them anyway, but add that to the mix and it's just awful. The Sun The speech was just awful — the worst speech he'd ever made in his life. Times, Sunday Times To be one of those geezers was just fantastic. The Sun To get a total of nine points from this run would be just fantastic. The Sun It has been just fantastic to see so many countries working together in order to find it. The Sun Our forwards were very dominant and our scrum just fantastic. The Sun For her to take time out and make that call was just fantastic. The Sun What he had to go through has been just horrible. Times, Sunday Times When his career ended after a series of neck injuries, it felt 'just horrible', the 40-year-old said. Times, Sunday Times Everyone had so much hope and expectation and when we didn't deliver it was just horrible. The Sun It was horrible, just horrible to watch it. The Sun Someone tagged me on a post and it was just horrible. The Sun The atmosphere after the second goal went in was just incredible. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The prospect of having two for one is just incredible. The Sun (2014) All the debutantes were just incredible. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They can be mysterious or just incredible to look at. The Sun (2016) They're just jealous students who hate the game. The Sun All those people who take the rip are just jealous of her assets! The Sun It's just jealous people with nothing better to do. The Sun I'm just jealous of that amazing feeling of having trained. Times, Sunday Times Those complaining about his so-called sexist remarks are just jealous. Times, Sunday Times I don't just mean in tonight's game but in the next one, too. The Sun That last bit doesn't just mean freedom to believe whatever you want, or nothing at all, though that's part of it. Christianity Today I liked the phrase 'time-limited nature', which might just mean pulling out. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to 'second-hand' properties, period features don't just mean coving and ceiling roses - you also get rattling windows, draughts and bad insulation. Times, Sunday Times But it may also just mean there's a lot of potential. Times,Sunday Times But sometimes you just need to get to past that. Times,Sunday Times I feel like we've got so much quality in the team, we just need to put it on the pitch. The Sun They just need to learn how to get through tight situations. Times, Sunday Times You just need to be able to read an autocue, sound authoritative, not look like an ogre, and to say 'and finally' with a twinkle. Times, Sunday Times We just need to adapt ourselves to the conditions. The Sun Another reason was the immense pains he took with everything he wrote to ensure that it was just right. Times, Sunday Times A tranquil place, just right for a lovely day out. Times, Sunday Times It took 130 meticulous drawings to get the angles on this asymmetrical building just right. Times, Sunday Times The odd day will be just right, but the next two weeks look unsettled. Times, Sunday Times The songs are pleasant and, once you get used to it, the cast's broad, almost vaudevillian performing style feels just right. Times, Sunday Times This was no firebrand thirsting for revenge but a statesman outlining his vision of a just society. Times, Sunday Times We find this prospect unacceptable in a just society. Times,Sunday Times They want to win friends abroad by the example of a just society. Times, Sunday Times In a just society, the law needs to show much greater understanding to bereaved families. Times, Sunday Times A society based on selective justice cannot be a just society. Times, Sunday Times I had just thought that they were ordinary, opportunistic shysters, but apparently not. Times, Sunday Times And they wouldn't talk to us because they just thought that we were selling stuff. Times, Sunday Times I just thought: what would happen if the silence continued? Times, Sunday Times I just thought it was something one did. Times,Sunday Times I just thought a few players were off and that happens sometimes. Times, Sunday Times We will just try to back the players and trust that the pitch will do its job. Times,Sunday Times They just try to go forward continually by avoiding direct contact. Times,Sunday Times I just try to get on with my life and be close to the people who know and care about me - and ignore everyone else. Times, Sunday Times There's no different mindset, especially speaking personally, you just try to do the same thing. Times, Sunday Times We just try to do the best all the time. Times,Sunday Times One of the traditional conditions for just war was hope of victory. The Times Literary Supplement He believed in the idea of a just war. Times, Sunday Times Has the feminisation of politics sapped the national readiness to fight a just war? Times, Sunday Times But since then, a just war has recognised a distinction between combatants and civilians. Times, Sunday Times You are thrown into hostile environments: not just war zones but patrols in deserted villages and earthquake zones rife with famine and disease. Times, Sunday Times I just wish that they'd come out, admit it and get a grip. Times, Sunday Times I just wish he was still scoring them for us now. Times, Sunday Times Mostly, surely, we just wish we'd thought of them. Times, Sunday Times I just wish that someone would believe in me. Times, Sunday Times I just wish this opportunity had come a couple of years later. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 正好 Japanese: たった今 |
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