justify

1 That idea escalates to its macabre zenith in Nazi Germany in the 1940s, where human eugenics is used to justify grotesque experiments, culminating in confinement, sterilization, euthanasia, and mass murder.

2 But the supernatural beliefs of bands and tribes did not serve to justify central authority, justify transfer of wealth, or maintain peace between unrelated individuals.

3 Maybe I had learned a lot, and maybe I had a better grip on my abilities, but staring at him, my fists clenched and shaking, I couldn’t justify it.

4 Instantly, he was frightened; he stopped a moment, staring blankly down the street, wondering what could justify such hysterical haste.

5 "Right. It'll be good for him too," I said, still trying to justify Needles coming with us.

6 It could have been the army, to justify the computer searches and the other ones, the door-to-doors.

7 If we succeed in explaining how some people came to dominate other people, may this not seem to justify the domination?

8 What has changed since the collapse of Jim Crow has less to do with the basic structure of our society than with the language we use to justify it.

9 How can they justify paying such huge salaries?

他们怎能证明付这么大笔薪金是正当的呢？

10 They saw much to interest, but nothing to justify enquiry.

11 I thought of the many ways we’ve legalized vengeful and cruel punishments, how we’ve allowed our victimization to justify the victimization of others.

12 Under such circumstances I would ordinarily feel justified in having one of the older hens for dinner—but how could I clean it?

13 Bragging about a drink named after her, to somehow justify working at an oyster place instead of following her acting dreams.

14 Mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action.

我留意到这些批判, 我将尝试为自己的行为辩护.

15 “I own a few slaves, and if I stood before my Maker alongside one of ’em, I’d hev no way to justify the fact that I was master and he was slave.

16 I just couldn’t understand how these people justified avoiding not just me but my entire family.

17 Ellsberg, now facing up to thirty-five years in prison, insisted that the contents of the Pentagon Papers justified his actions.

18 Once justified, I thought the strangling guilt would release me and I could catch my breath.

19 We find fault with those over us and use their faults to justify our insubordination.

我们找出那些上位者的过失,然后用他们的过失来为我们的不愿从作辨护.

20 Which was how he justified not mentioning the hog hunt to his parents during their nightly phone conversation.

1 宣告无罪

absolution clear acquit

2 排列整齐

dress arrange

3 装

come run put act charge plant load chamber embark enclose stevedore peruke

4 宣布…无罪

assoil uncharge

5 辩护

defensive apologetic vindicatory defence advocacy apology apologia defend advocate plead

6 证明正当

vindicatory

7 齐行

justified justification

8 有理

valid rational in the right

9 公正的

just clean fair honest judicial equitable unbiased impartial rightful disinterested fair-minded even-handed unprejudiced on the square

10 装版

justification imposition impose

11 整

even integral sharp do purge

12 赦免

release forgiveness pardon remission indemnity remittal discharge absolve

13 有理的

valid rational

14 解释

explanatory interpretative account construction reading explanation interpretation gloss clarification illumination put read explain define solve interpret illuminate construe paraphrase expound elucidate explicate the whys and wherefores clear up

15 整版

full page

16 公正

just clean fair honest judicial equitable unbiased impartial rightful disinterested fair-minded even-handed unprejudiced right fairly rightly justice detachment disinterest detach without fear or favour on the square

17 为…辩护

plead for defend stick up for expound vindicate hold a brief for speak up for

18 为…辩解

defend excuse