justification

US [ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]
UK [.dʒʌstɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n.正当理由
  • Web称义；辩护；正当的理由
Plural Form：justifications  

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justification
n.
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~ (for sth/doing sth)
正当理由a good reason why sth exists or is done
I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases.
我看不出还能提出什么理由来再行加税了。
He was getting angry─and with some justification .
他生气了，而这并不是没有道理的。
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All I can say in justification of her actions is that she was under a lot of pressure at work.
我唯一能为她的行为辩解的理由是她工作压力很大。
in justification (of sb/sth)
作为（对…）的解释（或辩护）as an explanation of why sth exists or why sb has done sth
All I can say in justification of her actions is that she was under a lot of pressure at work.
我唯一能为她的行为辩解的理由是她工作压力很大。

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AllAll,正当理由正当理由,称义称义,辩护辩护,正当的理由正当的理由
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1.
"There can be no justification for such a senseless act of violence, " he said.
“如此愚蠢的暴力行动不会有正当理由，”他说道。
" rú cǐ yú chǔn de bào lì xíng dòng bú huì yǒu zhèng dàng lǐ yóu , " tā shuō dào 。
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2.
I knew that there was no justification for what I was doing.
我知道我的所作所为毫无理由。
wǒ zhī dào wǒ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi háo wú lǐ yóu 。
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3.
Without a transparent public inspection, CTG cannot fairly cite "fiscal difficulties" as justification for mass retrenchment, said the ATJ.
在没有公开透明的财务检视之前，中时集团不能片面以「财务困难」为理由，作为大量解雇的藉口。
zài méi yǒu gōng kāi tòu míng de cái wù jiǎn shì zhī qián , zhōng shí jí tuán bù néng piàn miàn yǐ 「 cái wù kùn nan 」 wèi lǐ yóu , zuò wéi dà liàng jiě gù de jiè kǒu 。
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4.
This essay is an attempt to provide such a justification through an existential analysis of Chinese concept of nature.
本文旨在通过对中国自然观念的存在分析来进行这样的考证。
běn wén zhǐ zài tōng guò duì zhōng guó zì rán guān niàn de cún zài fēn xī lái jìn xíng zhè yàng de kǎo zhèng 。
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5.
This sequence is often missing from leadership that makes decisions then seeks justification rather than knowledge.
领导阶层经常忽略的这个顺序，反倒先作决定，再为自己的决定找理由，而没有去认真了解。
lǐng dǎo jiē céng jīng cháng hū lüè de zhè ge shùn xù , fǎn dào xiān zuò jué dìng , zài wèi zì jǐ de jué dìng zhǎo lǐ yóu , ér méi yǒu qù rèn zhēn liǎo jiě 。
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Its biggest justification for military intervention was that it was formally protecting its own citizens.
俄国进行军事干预的最冠冕堂皇的理由是保护本国公民的安全。
é guó jìn xíng jūn shì gān yù de zuì guān miǎn táng huáng de lǐ yóu shì bǎo hù běn guó gōng mín de ān quán 。
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The court's justification was that the war was a crime of aggression.
而法院的理由是，战争是侵略罪行。
ér fǎ yuàn de lǐ yóu shì , zhàn zhēng shì qīn lüè zuì xíng 。
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A practice is illegal if it restricts competition in some significant way and has no overriding business justification.
一种行为倘若其以某种明显的方式限制了竞争且没有免责正当的商事抗辩理由，那么它就是非法的。
yī zhǒng xíng wéi tǎng ruò qí yǐ mǒu zhǒng míng xiǎn de fāng shì xiàn zhì le jìng zhēng qiě méi yǒu miǎn zé zhèng dàng de shāng shì kàng biàn lǐ yóu , nà me tā jiù shì fēi fǎ de 。
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The original justification for the war was that the Afghan Taliban provided a shelter for al-Qaeda and its leader.
当初发动阿富汗战争的理由是，阿富汗的塔利班为“基地”组织及其领导人提供了庇护所。
dāng chū fā dòng ā fù hàn zhàn zhēng de lǐ yóu shì , ā fù hàn de tǎ lì bān wèi " jī dì " zǔ zhī jí qí lǐng dǎo rén tí gōng le bì hù suǒ 。
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The surge in the local stock market over the last two years gives some justification for that optimism.
中国股市在过去两年的大幅上涨为这种乐观情绪提供了一些论据。
zhōng guó gǔ shì zài guò qù liǎng nián de dà fú shàng zhǎng wèi zhè zhǒng lè guān qíng xù tí gōng le yì xiē lùn jù 。
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