| 单词 | justify |
| 释义 | justify (dʒʌstɪfaɪ ) Word forms: justifies , justifying , justified 1. verb B2 To justify a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that it is reasonable or necessary. No argument can justify a war. [VERB noun] Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions. [VERB noun] Synonyms: explain, support, warrant, bear out 2. verb To justify printed text means to adjust the spaces between the words so that each line of type is exactly the same length. [computing] Click on this icon to align or justify text. [VERB noun] 3. See also left-justify, right-justify Collocations: justify a ban Its advice has been used to justify a ban on much stem cell work - though most scientists and patient groups think the ban unethical. Times, Sunday Times Fire risk, distress to animals and 'the current geopolitical situation' have also been invoked to justify the ban. Times, Sunday Times In 1999 the appellate committee decided that the prison rules could not justify a ban on journalists visiting prisoners to write about their cases. Times, Sunday Times His promoters justified the banned substance's presence by claiming he took it at the end of the previous year while it was still legal, but the fight was cancelled nonetheless. Times,Sunday Times The censor board justified the ban, saying it was highly provocative and may trigger off unrest and communal violence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I felt at the time that this was a dangerous threshold for any politician to cross in order to justify a policy stance. Times, Sunday Times How can a modern bank justify this policy when there are discounts for bigger currency purchases? Times, Sunday Times If not, get your fund manager to ask them to justify the policy. Times, Sunday Times At one staff meeting, an executive refused to justify the policy and said it was not going to change, the judge wrote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This last argument can be used to justify any policy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The marque's utilitarian aura had become its selling-point - yet most buyers' use for the car doesn't justify the purchase. Times, Sunday Times Started as a way to justify the purchase (for $.50) of a bag of assorted dominoes by an incredibly thrifty (cheap) individual. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I am gagging to justify the purchases, but what's the point? Times, Sunday Times That agreement fell through because of budget cuts and difficulty in justifying the purchase using taxpayer dollars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Customers can justify their purchases with product performance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Players fall out with managers but when they step onto the pitch they should do their utmost to justify their salary. Times, Sunday Times Although you would expect salary to increase as accountability increases, there needs to be a clear and obvious difference between your old and new roles to justify a salary change. Times, Sunday Times Your spouse will have to be given a contract of employment with the company and must perform services to the business for it to justify the salary. Times, Sunday Times The station's presenters justified their salaries with a string of prizes. Times, Sunday Times They have been told by the government to justify the salaries of head teachers or chief executives. Times, Sunday Times Concerns over corruption and public perception combine with the basic knowledge that a declining horse population simply cannot justify an increase. Times, Sunday Times It said it was able to justify the increase because it was more than covered by the additional $11.3 billion of capital generated in the year. Times, Sunday Times But the improvements to the car are enough to justify the increase. The Sun But he said the callouts did not justify the increases in renewal costs, especially as he'd been a loyal customer for 12 years. The Sun It adds that ministers are proceeding without evidence to justify the increases, which are 'effectively a tax'. Times, Sunday Times He said it was very hard to justify spending taxpayers' money on people getting more than one degree. Times, Sunday Times Unable to justify spending donor money on cigarettes, the supermarkets did not stock any. Times, Sunday Times Can you justify spending 600 on a pair of shoes? Times, Sunday Times But the project was shut down after 14 months when chiefs admitted they could not justify spending taxpayers' money on its upkeep. The Sun I just couldn't justify spending that much. Times, Sunday Times This may not justify their behaviour - but can explain it and so lead to greater empathy. Times, Sunday Times This amounts to a poor attempt to justify his behaviour. ST Competitive greens justify their behaviour by claiming they are drawing attention to vital ecological issues. Times, Sunday Times I am enraged at the way some ill-informed bleeding hearts have been trying to justify their behaviour. The Sun So we have to make sure they listen to us rather than the police who want to justify their behaviour in this case. Times, Sunday Times The results will more than justify the effort. Times, Sunday Times Besides, what you learn will justify the effort required. Times, Sunday Times Unwelcome as this seems, while eliminating problems, you come up with new concepts that more than justify the effort involved. Times, Sunday Times While this could take time, what you learn will more than justify the effort. Times, Sunday Times However, what you learn in the process could more than justify the effort and patience involved. Times, Sunday Times And now they are trying to justify any means possible to get the remaining games ticked off. The Sun In this makeover, the end didn't justify the means. Times, Sunday Times But in this case, she concedes, the ends justify the means. Smithsonian Mag Echoing grumbles among his executive committee colleagues, he decried the newspaper's methods but accepted that the end could justify the means. Times, Sunday Times The ends never justify the means, he often argued. Times, Sunday Times Single-author studies, however, can exaggerate exclusion to justify the need for recuperation. The Times Literary Supplement Counsel can obtain access to their own classified work product only if they can justify their need for such information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These indivisibilities are responsible for external economies and thus justify the need for a big push. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As such, most education providers justify the need for the degrees by relating the increasing importance of the discipline with real world situations and employment opportunities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It justifies the need for interventions to save us from ourselves. The Times Literary Supplement Unfortunately, he said, they could not justify the price. Times, Sunday Times Experts have questioned how the free app could ever generate enough income to justify the price tag. The Sun Consider carefully whether the results you'll achieve justify the price you're paying. Times, Sunday Times At least, not enough to justify the price increase required. Times, Sunday Times Questions remain over whether the expected cost savings justify the price over, for example, a share buyback programme. Times, Sunday Times He was prosecuted for allegedly conspiring to justify war crimes in an interview with a magazine. Times, Sunday Times It seems that the word and concept has been hijacked to justify war rather than peace. Times, Sunday Times He claimed the experience increased his interest in the military aspects of culture and graphic imagery used to justify war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Durant quotes another biblical passage, describing situations that justify war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Protecting dictators for geopolitical gains, flouting international laws to protect themselves and lying to their people to justify wars do not help to promote liberal democracy. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 论证 Japanese: 正当化する |
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