2018-10-15

justify：To justify a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that it is reasonable or necessary.

证明……是正当的

The end justifies the means. (end 在这里表示“结果” “目的”，means 表示“方式”，表示只要是目的是正确的，任何手段都说得过去）。

The new features of iPhone Xs cannot justify its hefty price tag.

The increasingly high cost of a few extra square feet of housing, not to mention of providing a good education, also makes it economically harder to justify more children.

1）His decision can be justified from the economic aspect, but can hardly be supported from the moral aspect.

老师翻译：His decision can be justified from an economic point of view but can hardly be morally/ethically justified.

2)His weakness can not justify his innocence.

Studying all day can not justify your self improvement.(?)