英语单词 | justifiable |
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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 | 1 [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
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