英语词汇“justify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

justifyjustify /ˈdʒʌstəˌfaɪ/ ●●○ AWL verb (justified, justifying) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYjustify

Origin: 1300-1400 French justifier, from Late Latin justificare, from Latin justus; ➔ JUST²

VERB TABLE

justify

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	justify
	he, she, it	justifies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	justified
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have justified
	he, she, it	has justified
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had justified
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will justify
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have justified

Continuous Form
Present	I	am justifying
	he, she, it	is justifying
	you, we, they	are justifying
Past	I, he, she, it	was justifying
	you, we, they	were justifying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been justifying
	he, she, it	has been justifying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been justifying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be justifying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been justifying

1to give an acceptable explanation for something that other people think is unreasonable: The university has tried to justify its decision.justify doing something How can you justify spending so much money on shoes?2to be a good and acceptable reason for something: Nothing justifies murdering another human being.3justify yourself (to somebody) to prove that what you are doing is reasonable: I don’t have to justify myself to you or anyone.4to type or print text so that the words form a straight line on the right and left sides of the page