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justifiable

/juhs-tuh-fahy-uh-buhl, juhs-tuh-fahy-/US // ˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ ə bəl, ˌdʒʌs təˈfaɪ- //UK // (ˈdʒʌstɪˌfaɪəbəl) //

合理的,合理,合法的,合法

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.reasonable, well-founded

Examples

  • If your goal is to simply work more comfortably, that price may not feel justifiable.

  • They’ll need to be eventually, and the selection committee will be challenged while dealing with a smaller set of scheduled games — to the point the dreaded “eye test” might be a justifiable evaluation method.

  • Another reason for the trend in male nudity has to do with justifiable criticism of the ways women have been sexually objectified on TV and in film.

  • These inequities have never been justifiable, and the fact that they align sharply with partisan politics makes them worse, not better.

  • It shows the legally justifiable amount it could charge developers is a flat fee of $6,596.

  • For the last three decades, he has garnered justifiable praise as one of best pianists in jazz.

  • The case against Wilson was never easy to make, given the special laws governing “justifiable homicides” in police shootings.

  • Jonah Hill and Michael Cera are justifiable movie stars in that movie.

  • The justifiable concern this spectacle raises is that Republicans stand to lose no matter what they do.

  • It's not, however, in my opinion, a justifiable or moral basis for excluding individuals from the Jewish community.

  • To make it so in fact, all means are justifiable; nay, advisable, even to the point of taking life.

  • The removal of a tyrant is not merely justifiable; it is the highest duty of every true revolutionist.

  • All weapons are justifiable in the noble struggle of the People against this terrible curse.

  • Except in the case of a spade declaration, cases in which redoubling is justifiable are very rare.

  • It was only after he learned that England and France were backing Russia that he considered the war justifiable.