- To justify is to make excuses for one's actions, like the dieter who has to justify the few tiny pieces of chocolate she's sneaked in between salads.
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- v. 证明有理，替…辩护
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1. How can they justify paying such huge salaries?
他们怎能证明付这么大笔薪金是正当的呢？
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2. Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her.
她的成功证明了老师对她的信任是正确的。
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3. You don't need to justify yourself to me.
你不必向我解释你的理由。
- justify (v.) c. 1300, "to administer justice;" late 14c., "to show (something) to be just or right," from Old French justifiier "submit to court proceedings" (12c.), from Late Latin iustificare "act justly toward; make just," from Latin iustificus "dealing justly, righteous," from iustus "just" (see just (adj.)) + combining form of facere "to make, to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").
jus·tify ★ AWL / ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ ; NAmE ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ / verb ( jus·ti·fies , jus·ti·fy·ing , jus·ti·fied , jus·ti·fied ) 1 ★ to show that sb/sth is right or reasonable 证明…正确（或正当、有理） justify(sb/sth) doing sth ◆ How can they justify paying such huge salaries? 他们怎能证明付这么大笔薪金是正当的呢？ justifysth ◆ Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her. 她的成功证明了老师对她的信任是正确的。 2 ★ justifysth/yourself (to sb) | justify(sb/sth) doing sth to give an explanation or excuse for sth or for doing sth 对…作出解释；为…辩解（或辩护） SYN defend ◆ The Prime Minister has been asked to justify the decision to Parliament. 首相被要求就这一决定向议会解释。 ◆ You don't need to justify yourself to me. 你不必向我解释你的理由。 3 justifysth ( technical 术语 ) to arrange lines of printed text so that one or both edges are straight 调整使全行排满；使每行排齐；使齐行 IDIOMsee end n. justify justifies justified justifying jus·tify / ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ ; NAmE ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ /
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