10.15 justify

2018.10.15  Justify

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

Eg: The end justifies the means.

Justify表示“证明…是正当的”口语和写作中都常用。不同语境，灵活翻译。比如为了目的不择手段。

例1：The end justifies the means. 为了目的，任何手段都是可以说的过去的。

例2：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 can’t justify its hefty price.

例3：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.

搭配 justify doing / Justify oneself

作业：

1 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 economically justified, but cannot be morally justified（参考翻译：His decision can be justified from an economic point of view but can hardly be morally/ethically justified.）否定没有用not，而用hardly

2 场景1: 他找不到再休一天假的理由. He can’t justify taking another day off.

场景2：他糟糕的身体状态是发挥失常的原因。His bad condition justifies his poor performance.