justifiable

adjective

/ˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl/, /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/

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单词	justifiable
释义	justifiable adjective /ˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl/, /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/ /ˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl/, /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/ jump to other results existing or done for a good reason, and therefore acceptable synonym legitimate She took a justifiable pride in her son's achievements. Extra Examples The rule is justifiable on safety grounds. We consider this action justifiable. Paying low wages is no longer justifiable. There were no justifiable grounds for sending him to prison. We need to address the justifiable concerns of the environmentalists. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be seem become … adverb completely entirely perfectly … preposition on the grounds of something on the grounds that… on… grounds … See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘ready to be judged’): from French, from justifier ‘to justify’.
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