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Justifiable Act Good Reason Word Justifiably 英 Dʒʌstɪfaɪəbl] 美

英语单词 justifiable
英美音标 英 ['dʒʌstɪfaɪəbl] 美 ['dʒʌstɪfaɪəbl]
中文释义 adj.可辩解的;可证明为正当的;有理的
英语例句 (1) That is not a justifiable act of war.
(2) What he has done is hardly justifiable.
中文例句 (1) 这是不能够辩解的战争行为。
(2) 他的所作所为说不过去。
vocabulary简明 If something is justifiable, it was done for a good reason and is easily explained or defended. Your fear of gerbils is justifiable, given your experience with the mutant gerbil that ate your neighbor's dog.
vocabulary扩展 Justifiable means something is "able to be made just," and you'll hear the word often in legal contexts. "Justifiable homicide," for instance, is killing someone in self-defense — a situation where an act that is otherwise criminal is "made just" by the circumstances. You can also use the word in a more positive sense. For example, you can take justifiable pride in winning the race even though you started off running in the wrong direction.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有理由的;无可非议的;情有可原的 An action, situation, emotion, or idea that is justifiable is acceptable or correct because there is a good reason for it.
  [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf]
  • The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.

    出于政治需要,革命年代的暴力行为是情有可原的。

  • ...the strong and justifiable desire of the Baltic States for independence.

    波罗的海诸国要求独立的强烈而正当的愿望

justifiably
  • He was justifiably proud of his achievements.

    他有理由为自己的成就感到骄傲。

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