Justify



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 表明...是正当的
• ［英］ v. 表明...是正当的 ( show that sb / sth is reasonable or just)
• ［类］ 反义词: argue against ( 反对)
• ［例］ He can hardly justify such conduct.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English justifien, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French justifier, from Late Latin justificare, from Latin justus
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable
    • b.
      • (1) to show to have had a sufficient legal reason
      • (2) to qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property
  • 2.
    • a. archaic to administer justice to
    • b. archaic absolve
    • c. to judge, regard, or treat as righteous and worthy of salvation
  • 3.
    • a. to space (as lines of text) so that the lines come out even at the margin
    • b. to make even by justifying <justified margins>
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to show a sufficient lawful reason for an act done
    • b. to qualify as bail or surety
  • 2. to justify lines of text
• Synonyms: see maintain
• ? justifier noun

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