justify

giustificare

Spiegare perché un’azione o una decisione era giusta o necessaria.

In inglese semplice: If you do this, you explain why an action or decision was right or necessary.

• Can you justify your decision?
• She justified the expense by explaining its benefits.
• They could not justify spending so much on decorations.

Come si usa: justify doing something (How can you justify buying another car?); justify something to someone (He justified his decision to the manager.)

Sinonimi: defend, explain

Espressioni comuni: justify a decision, justify something to someone, justify spending money, justify an expense

giustificare

Far sembrare accettabile un metodo sbagliato grazie al risultato ottenuto.

In inglese semplice: If a result does this, it makes a bad way of achieving it seem acceptable.

• Does success justify dishonest methods?
• A good result does not always justify the means.
• He thought winning justified the lies he told.

Sinonimi: warrant

Espressioni comuni: justify the means, justify bad methods, justify an action, justify rude behavior

giustificare

Disporre le righe di un testo in modo che i margini sinistro e destro siano allineati.

In inglese semplice: To arrange writing so that both edges of the lines are straight.

• Please justify the text.
• She justified every paragraph in the report.
• Can this editor justify text automatically?

Espressioni comuni: justify text, justify a paragraph