/ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ ||; ˈdʒʌstəˌfaɪ/verb
[T] (present participlejustifyingthird person singular presentjustifies;past tensepast participlejustified) to give or be a good reason for sth 证明…正当或合理:
Can you justify your decision?你能证明你的决定是对的?
justify/ˋdʒʌstə͵faI; ˈdʒʌstəfaI or ˈdʒʌstIfaI/v [T] justified , justifying , justifies to give a good reason for doing something that other people think is unreasonable 证明〔别人认为不合理的事〕有道理﹔为…辩护: justify (doing) sth How can you justify spending so much money on a coat? 花那么多钱买一件外套﹐你怎么解释呢?
justifyjustifyjustifiesjustifiedjustifyingverb (justifies, justifying, justified/, has justified)to be or give a good reason for something: Can you justify what you did?