justify

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T To justify a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that it is reasonable or necessary. 証明…有理
No argument can justify a war. 沒有任何理由能証明一個(gè)戰(zhàn)爭有理。
2. V-T To justify printed text means to adjust the spaces between the words so that each line of type is exactly the same length. 使 (文本) 對齊
Click on this icon to align or justify text at both the left and right margins. 點(diǎn)擊這個(gè)圖標(biāo)調(diào)整文本，使其左右兩耑對齊。
3. →see also left-justify

How can you justify the employment of capital punishment ?
New evidence from a self-confessed liar was not enough to justify a retrial .
Manufacturers need large sales to justify offering a big variety in export markets .
We are duty bound to justify how we spend our funds .
They haven't been given these rights for all eternity - they should justify having them just like most other people have to.