justify是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 证明…是正当的或有理的, 为…辩护，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting.
-- Some of his King's Bench familiars, who were occasionally parties to the full-bodied wine and the lie, excused him for the latter by saying that he had told it so often, that he believed it himself which is surely such an incorrigible aggravation of an originally bad offence, as to justify any such offender's being carried off to some suitably retired spot, and there hanged out of 301the way.
-- Besides that all secret men are men soon terrified, here were surely cards enough of one black suit, to justify the holder in growing rather livid as he turned them over.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But in spite of this, each of them--as is often the way with men who have selected careers of different kinds--though in discussion he would even justify the other's career, in his heart despised it.
-- I know that he applies all the power of his intellect to justify existing evils."
-- But Konstantin Levin wanted to justify himself for the failing, of which he was conscious, of lack of zeal for the public welfare, and he went on.
-- Every time he heard a shriek, he jumped up, ran to justify himself, remembered on the way that he was not to blame, and he longed to defend her, to help her.
-- Today he had not been at home all day, and she felt so lonely and wretched in being on bad terms with him that she wanted to forget it all, to forgive him, and be reconciled with him; she wanted to throw the blame on herself and to justify him.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He often corrected, with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities, and seeming as if gifted with a sort of second sight, so often did events justify his predictions.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But do you realize if you carry that idea far enough, a man could justify himself for doing nothing but count the cobblestones on Warehouse Avenue--yes and justify himself for torturing people just to see how they screamed-- and then sneer at a man who was making millions of people well and happy!
-- There had been, he felt, a rush of admiring patients sufficient to justify them in the one thing Leora and he longed to do, the thing about which they whispered at night: the purchase of a motor car for his country calls.
-- If but one fine thing could come, to justify me--" When Martin came sorrowing into his laboratory he found Terry Wickett waiting.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Hence in the company of other drinkers they try to justify them- selves and even if possible obtain consideration.
-- There cer-tainly was something peculiar in Pyotr Petrovitch's whole appearance, something which seemed to justify the title of 'fianc脙漏' so unceremoniously applied to him.
-- Well, let me tell you this, Rodion Romanovitch, I don't consider it necessary to justify myself, but kindly tell me what was there particularly criminal on my part in all this business, speaking without prejudice, with common sense?'
-- The sentence however was more merciful than could have been expected, perhaps partly because the criminal had not tried to justify himself, but had rather shown a desire to exaggerate his guilt.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Since you expect me, Mr. Creakle, to justify myself,' saidSteerforth, 'and to say what I mean,- what I have to say is, that hismother lives on charity in an almshouse.'
-- I saw her, a mostbeautiful little creature, with the cloudless blue eyes, that hadlooked into my childish heart, turned laughingly upon anotherchild of Minnie's who was playing near her; with enough of wilful-ness in her bright face to justify what I had heard; with much of theold capricious coyness lurking in it; but with nothing in her prettylooks, I am sure, but what was meant for goodness and forhappiness, and what was on a good and happy course.
-- It may have been a mistakenone, or you may have ceased to justify it.
-- She still preserved her proud manner, but there was a touchof softness in her voice, as she answered'I justify nothing.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- These were very cheering thoughts; and the sight of a great deal of snow on the ground did her further service, for any thing was welcome that might justify their all three be-ing quite asunder at present.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The sympathetic man still looked the other way, and wondered when she would recover coolness sufficient to justify him in facing her again.
-- "I feel, Mr. Boldwood, that though I respect you much, I do not feel what would justify me to in accepting your offer," she stammered.
-- A petition was addressed to the Home Secretary, advancing the circumstances which appeared to justify a request for a reconsideration of the sentence.
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