Justification

(noun.) the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; 'the justification of barbarous means by holy ends'- H.J.Muller.

(noun.) something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; 'he considered misrule a justification for revolution'.

(noun.) a statement in explanation of some action or belief.

整理:内莉

• But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I will tell her all that is necessary to what may comparatively be called, your justification. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The cotton-gin probably had much to do with the justification of slavery. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He needs to be made conscious of consequences as a justification of the positive or negative value of certain objects. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He requested permission to justify himself--putting his justification as an act of respect to my mistress. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It seems that I owe a justification of my conduct to you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• No one would read a pamphlet of self-justification so long after the deed, even if I put one out. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Her uncle's displeasure was terrible to her; but what could her justification or her gratitude and attachment do for him? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But it seems these people think they have a better justification; nothing less than the Word of God. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• One wouldn't mind if there were any justification for it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is unsound to urge that, say, Latin has a value per se in the abstract, just as a study, as a sufficient justification for teaching it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I don't mean to offer that as a justification, but what could I suppose, when you were a silent party to all he said? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The profession, either navy or army, is its own justification. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• As matter of fact, such schemes of values of studies are largely but unconscious justifications of the curriculum with which one is familiar. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Justifications are unnecessary, I hope, on either side. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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