Justification
[dʒʌstɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dʒʌstɪfɪ'keʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; 'the justification of barbarous means by holy ends'- H.J.Muller.
(noun.) something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; 'he considered misrule a justification for revolution'.
(noun.) a statement in explanation of some action or belief.
整理:内莉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
(n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
(n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
(n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Vindication, defence, exculpation, exoneration.[2]. (Theol.) Absolution, sanctification, remission of sin.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Vindication, apology, defence, advocacy, maintenance, plea, exoneration,exculpation
ANT:Condemnation, censure, conviction, protest, abandonment, inculpation,recrimination, implication, aggravation
手打:菲尔
例句:
- But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- I will tell her all that is necessary to what may comparatively be called, your justification. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- The cotton-gin probably had much to do with the justification of slavery. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He needs to be made conscious of consequences as a justification of the positive or negative value of certain objects. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- He requested permission to justify himself--putting his justification as an act of respect to my mistress. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- It seems that I owe a justification of my conduct to you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- No one would read a pamphlet of self-justification so long after the deed, even if I put one out. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Her uncle's displeasure was terrible to her; but what could her justification or her gratitude and attachment do for him? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- But it seems these people think they have a better justification; nothing less than the Word of God. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- One wouldn't mind if there were any justification for it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It is unsound to urge that, say, Latin has a value per se in the abstract, just as a study, as a sufficient justification for teaching it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- I don't mean to offer that as a justification, but what could I suppose, when you were a silent party to all he said? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The profession, either navy or army, is its own justification. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- As matter of fact, such schemes of values of studies are largely but unconscious justifications of the curriculum with which one is familiar. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Justifications are unnecessary, I hope, on either side. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
录入:西德尼