justify

正当化する

行動や決定が正しい、または必要だった理由を説明する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： defend, explain

よく使う表現： justify a decision, justify something to someone, justify spending money, justify an expense

正当化する

得られた結果によって、悪い手段も許されるように見せる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： warrant

よく使う表現： justify the means, justify bad methods, justify an action, justify rude behavior

両端揃えにする

文章の各行の左端と右端をそろえる。

やさしい英語で： 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?

よく使う表現： justify text, justify a paragraph