词:justify
- 认识这个词(基础篇)
英英释义:To justify a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that it is reasonable or necessary.
例句:The end justifies the means.
仿写:The results justifies continuous learning.
- 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
justify:证明…是正当的,常用于口语和写作
根据语境,灵活翻译。
比如,为了达成目的而不择手段,就可以说成:
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)。
注意这句话的潜在含义:means前并没有修饰词进行限定,就表示是任何方式。
苹果新出的 iPhone Xs 价格更贵,但是功能并没有太大提升,许多人为此吐槽:
The new features of iPhone Xs cannot justify its hefty price tag.
Hefty:
- (of an amount of money 钱的数额)
· large; larger than usual or expected
· 很大的;超出一般的;可观的:
They sold it easily and made a hefty profit.
他们毫不费力地卖掉了它,得到了一笔可观的利润。#
《经济学人》官网上的博客专栏 The Economist Explains 中,在解释中国为什么放宽独生子女政策时,也用到了 justify:
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.
- 应用
翻译:
他的决定从经济上完全可以理解,但从道德上很难成立。
His decision can be justified from an economic point of view but can hardly be morally/ethically justified.
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