justification
n
1 [U, C] ~ (for sth/doing sth) acceptable reason (for doing sth) (做某事的)正当理由
I can see no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 我认为没有理由把公司划分成小单位.
He was getting angry and with some justification. 他生气了--事出有因. =>Usage at reason1 用法见reason1.
2 [U] arrangement of lines of type so that the margins are even. 齐行, 整版(为使版面四周空白均匀而对铅字等位置的调整).
3 (idm 习语) in justification (for/of sb/sth) as a defence (of sb/sth) 作为对(某人[某事]的)辩解
I suppose that, in justification, he could always claim he had a family to support. 我想他反正会以养家为理由来进行辩解.
I was crossing the street and was almost hit by a car.
我穿过街时差一点被一辆汽车撞了。
The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.