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学习一个较难掌握和翻译的词：justify justify 是及物动词，后跟名词或动名词作宾语，意为：to give a good reason for; to be a good reason for 证明… 有理 / 正确; 为…辩护 How can you justify such an expense / justify spending so much money? The government will find it difficult to justify this decision ( to the public). Nothing can justify such rudeness. 没有人任何理由可以为这种粗暴行为辩解。 注意下面例4和例5两个句子的汉译: You can’t justify neglecting your parents. 你不关心父母是没有理由的。 They found it hard to justify their son’s giving up a secure well-paid job. 他们难以理解儿子竟放弃了收入颇丰的稳定的工作。 The welcome he received amply justified his visit. 他所受到的欢迎充分证明他的出访是值得的。 The end justifies the means. (谚语) 只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The pursuit of good ends does not justify the employment of bad means. 追求的目的正当并不证明可以使用不良手段。 Improved productivity justifies an increase in ages. 提高了生产力，理应增加工资。 Tiredness cannot possibly justify your treating staff this way. 你不能以劳累为理由就这样对待员工。 Such action cannot be justified on the grounds of greater efficiency. 以提高功效为依据可以证明采取这种措施是正确的。 You shouldn’t attempt to justify yourself. 你不应该想方设法证明自己有理。 Does this justify you / your taking legal action？ 难道这能证明你诉诸法律是有理的吗? Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me. 你心情焦急不能成为你对我如此粗鲁的理由。 二．ustified 是个p.p. 转成的adj., 一般用作表语，偶尔也作定语。意为: having a good or proper reason，含义为：有正当道理的，合理的, 其后面跟in，其主语是做事的人（称）。 15．Is she justified in her criticisms? 她的批评有道理吗? 16．I think I’m completely justified in asking for his resignation. 17．They are fully justified in doing so. 请注意例18的汉译: 18．The constable was justified in shooting an escaped criminal in self-defense. 警察于自卫枪击逃犯的行为被判明无罪。 19. He is fully justified in leaving the matter at that. 他有充分理由把事情只做到那一步为止。 20. As the goods were damaged, she felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 此词还可表示“（书写或印刷）齐行的，排整齐的”： 21．The right margin on the page isn’t justified. 这一页的右边没有对齐。 三．justifiable is an adj., meaning “ that can be justified”, 可汉译为：可证明为正当的，有理的，无可非议的，情有可原的，可辩护的，等等。该词可用作定语，也可用作表 语，其（逻辑）主语是事与物。 22．It can be hardly ju