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Definition of just in English: justadjective dʒʌstdʒəst 1Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair. 正义的；公正的 a just and democratic society 一个公正民主的社会。 fighting for a just cause 为正义事业而奋斗。 Example sentencesExamples - They knew that a just society relies on a certain level of order and cohesiveness.
- How then will the court decide what is a fair and just settlement for Richard and Hyacinth?
- It raises the question as to whether it is fair, just and reasonable to impose the duty contended for.
- A just and democratic approach to Iraq would also lead to the lifting of sanctions.
- His idea of a just society was one which would allow a man to live well by his own efforts.
- Was it just and reasonable that the defendant should owe a duty of care of the scope asserted by the plaintiff?
- The aim of creating a democracy in the heart of the Middle East is a just cause.
- We have a duty as moral and just people, to educate other farangs who ride the buses.
- Thus is not for a just man to engage in warfare, since warfare is justice itself.
- She is a fair and just ruler, and she causes unending problems for me and my brothers.
- The more disturbing part of the answer may lie in the absence of a vision of a just society.
- Would it be just and equitable for the respondents to receive no recompense for work done?
- When has a judge of a court made an order when it is not just and equitable to do so?
- Other countries should follow the Dutch example of a decent, pure and just society.
- We strive hard to build a just society, but we ignore a glaring source of inequality.
- I don't believe there was a just reason for them not allowing me to take part in the race.
- For the best part of 150 years, progressive opinion has seen the Civil War as a just war.
Synonyms fair, fair-minded, equitable, even-handed, impartial, unbiased, objective, neutral, disinterested, unprejudiced, open-minded, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination honourable, upright, upstanding, decent, honest, righteous, ethical, moral, virtuous, principled, full of integrity, good, right-minded, straight, reasonable, scrupulous, trustworthy, incorruptible, truthful, sincere informal square - 1.1 (of treatment) deserved or appropriate in the circumstances.
（待遇）应得的，适当的 we all get our just deserts 我们都得到了应得的赏罚。 Example sentencesExamples - How heartening it is in these cruel and trite times to know that real talent may still receive its just reward.
- An appropriately drawn limitation statute would surely produce a more just result.
- I am over the moon for our fans, it is just reward for the way they have been behind us all season.
- It was just reward for all the hard work Gareth has put in since joining the society two years ago.
- All the pressure has been at their end of the pitch and the goal was just reward for the way we played in the second half.
- It was just reward for the Brazilian driver after bad luck in qualifying put him down the order on the grid.
- If he does guide the Blades into the Premiership it will be a just reward for one of the game's grafters.
- It's going to be exciting for all of us and we will be hoping for a good points finish as just reward.
- His birdie on the hardest hole on the course was just reward for his superb approach shot.
- The manager's gong would be just reward for the way the Redhill boss has built his side this year.
- Unless, of course, they had been dissing me, in which case they got their just deserts.
Synonyms deserved, well deserved, well earned, merited, earned rightful, due, proper, fitting, appropriate, apt, suitable, befitting formal condign archaic meet - 1.2 (of an opinion or appraisal) well founded; justifiable.
（意见或评价）有充分根据的，恰如其分的；有理由的，无可非议的 these simplistic approaches have been the subject of just criticism 这些过分简单化的方法受到了恰如其分的批判。 Example sentencesExamples - The series is most criticized for feeling dry and intellectual, or at least emotionally uninvolving -- a just criticism.
- It is not a just criticism of such assessment that it does not provide answers to all questions, just as it is not a just criticism of standardized assessment that it does not inform instruction.
- There must surely be a broad public interest in just complaints of this kind being sustained.
Synonyms valid, sound, well founded, well grounded, justified, justifiable, warranted, warrantable, defensible, defendable, legitimate, reasonable, logical rare vindicable
adverb dʒʌstdʒəst 1Exactly. 精确地；正好，刚好；正是；恰恰 这正是我所需要的。 you're a human being, just like everyone else 你是一个人，正如其他人一样。 Example sentencesExamples - That she didn't have to worry about getting married and having babies, not just yet.
- Maybe not just yet, but it might be the only way for some, that things can really get better.
- They may well be unbeaten but could just as easily have lost their last three matches.
- They got their way with dear old Bobby in the end, and they will with Eriksson, but not just yet.
- I had no idea who he was, but I could feel it just as strongly as everyone else around me.
- He had always been lucky, and he did survive the storm, just as he had survived the war.
- Everyone knows kids would be just as happy playing with the box a present comes in as with the present itself.
- The soft midsummer evening was just right for a romantic stroll around Malham Tarn.
- It would be just as welcome served as a nourishing warm dessert on a cool summer evening.
- For many humans, bewitched by this remarkable place, the pull is just as strong.
- This is the main reason why going to see short films should be just as easy as catching the latest blockbuster.
- He had looked at this as a simple ball to be enjoyed, when in fact it was just as much a trial to everyone else as to him.
- She will then have another six fittings to make sure the final creation is just perfect.
- But we have spent a lot of time getting the pastry just right so it rises perfectly.
- The point here is that there were bullies in the school system then just as there are today.
- And most of them are just as stuck inside their own point of view as everyone else.
- The icing on the cake would be to make Trinidad just as popular a tourist attraction.
- But it was a show, for everyone, and mums and dads enjoyed it just as much as the children.
- My new songs are all I have, along with my liberty, and everything has to be just right from now on in.
- His father leaves him a cat in his will and the cat proves to be just as bossy as everyone else.
Synonyms exactly, precisely, absolutely, completely, totally, entirely, perfectly, utterly, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, in every way, in every respect, in all respects, quite informal down to the ground, to a T, bang on, dead North American informal on the money - 1.1 Exactly or almost exactly at this or that moment.
刚，马上 她马上来。 we were just finishing breakfast 我们刚好快要吃完早餐。 Example sentencesExamples - Those arrested included Mr Rihal, on his way home to look after his wife who had just left hospital.
- After a pause, Huw tries to speak to fill the gap, just as the track comes in.
- You'd go into one office and it's perfect, like someone just left to go to the bathroom.
- He would then have escaped via the garage door just as the pensioner was beginning to take in the scene of chaos.
- I'm just grumpy because the football will be starting tonight just as I walk into work.
- But just as the half looked well set to follow the pattern of the first, City took the lead.
- An early equaliser was topped by a dramatic headed winner just as extra-time beckoned.
- He was not pompous at all and did not look worried as if he had just come straight from court.
- But just as he was ready to go into action, his unit was struck by an outbreak of meningitis.
- The bearded gentleman pictured right staggered off the line just as I approached.
- The view is sublime: we are looking straight back down the loch whence we have just come.
- The ad cycles are really just starting, so we should be fair.
- Then just as we were getting to the outskirts of town and heading for the motorway, we stopped at the lights.
- Then there are those days when it emerges from hiding just as an unfortunate vehicle is passing above.
- She was a meek and mild kind of lady and she'd just come out of hospital a few weeks back.
- The second and third points are not, in my view persuasive for the reasons which I have just given.
- Firing machine guns, they robbed the hotel's jewellery store just as it was being closed.
- As strange as it sounds, she's just beginning to realize they're part of her body.
- No doubt by now everything is perfected, but today Lederer has just come from rehearsals.
- These thoughts race through the brain just as a kick of adrenaline triggers a survival instinct.
2Very recently; in the immediate past. 刚刚，才 I've just seen the local paper 我刚刚看过地方报纸。 Example sentencesExamples - Okay so we've just lost two games, but that's no reason for people to jump on his back.
- The local shop lifters have just been round selling turkey for a pound a pack.
- She had talked about it in the past but she had just spent a month in Thailand and seemed happy.
- They have just got planning permission to extend once more, this time over the garage.
- She'd been in Delhi all these years, and had just recent come down to Mumbai for a visit to her folks.
- A property which has just come on to the market is a perfect example of the change.
- We've just published an article and a report on the subject of India's growing components industry.
- This is when Vaclav Havel came to speak to Congress just after the fall of the Soviet Union.
- Morehampton Square was the perfect place to live in a city that was just beginning to take off.
- It is also a time for reflection, looking back on the year we have just had and forward to what will be.
Synonyms a moment ago, a second ago, a short time ago, very recently, not long ago, lately, only now 3Barely; by a little. 仅仅；差一点就不 inflation fell to just over 4 per cent 通货膨胀率勉强降到了百分之四多一点儿。 I only just caught the train 我差一点儿没赶上火车。 Example sentencesExamples - The conversion into the wind just slipped past the upright and at the turn honours were even.
- Billy Mehmet was allowed to work his way into the box, only to drag his shot just wide of the upright.
- The stars shone down on the camp and just past the tree line, a graceful elf with golden hair stood.
- It was just past lunchtime and Pete Astor had nothing to do for the next few hours.
- Seconds later he was on the other side of the penalty box, thrashing in a drive that just skidded past the post.
- When she'd lifted it up, just past her stomach, she went limp and fell back on to the bed.
- The base of the trunk is pushed just four feet into the ground and secured with a dozen or more wooden wedges.
- It began when a local meeting just outside Worcester got rather out of hand.
- We rounded a curve just past a grove of fruit laden olive trees and our destination suddenly came into view.
- To get to the article you'll have to scroll down just a tiny bit past the dated updates at the top of the page.
- The county council should be asked to fill in a large pothole on the corner just past the Old Wharf.
- I was paired with Ray Wilkins and I topped my opening drive just past the ladies' tees.
- I'm sixteen years old with curling black hair that goes just a little past my shoulder.
- His hair reached just past his shoulders and pointed ears were sticking out from his hair.
- For sheer terror, however, there is little to compare to that road just outside of La Paz.
- By the time I got there she was just visible going past the bridge so we sat and waited for her to come back.
- He said a car had just managed to squeeze past the people carrier, and he had tried to do the same but in vain.
- The keeper saved his header from a free kick, while another shot fizzed just past the post.
- Woods opts to putt from off the green and just scrapes past the right edge, leaving a tiddler for his par.
- Pandiani almost hits straight back for Deportivo, but the ball just skips away from him.
Synonyms by a narrow margin, narrowly, only just, by inches, by a hair's breadth, by the narrowest of margins barely, scarcely, hardly informal by the skin of one's teeth, by a whisker 4Simply; only; no more than. 只是；只；只不过 just a bad day in the office they were just interested in making money 他们只对挣钱感兴趣。 Example sentencesExamples - A teenage car criminal has been locked up for a year just days after being ordered by a court to behave.
- Nobody really wants to debate any longer, they are just interested in scoring points.
- He had his hand over his eye and the blood was just coming straight through his fingers.
- Writing off the debt of developing countries is not just a moral but also a legal obligation.
- Suddenly he was fair game once more and there was more than just terrorism on the agenda.
- It would be a bit naïve of me to think I will just walk straight into the first team here.
- There is no reason for it to be that heavy, but they just felt it should be.
- Remember, you're not just part of the process, you are the reason the service exists.
- Even if we are just one step ahead, it effectively means that we can keep death away.
- If she starts behaving badly I just walk away and let things calm down until her tantrum has gone away.
- I was just going to say I thought there were two reasons why there is a big difference.
- I am just looking at what it says for a straight robbery or attempt with actual bodily harm.
- After all, the whole principle was to look after members and not just shareholders.
- Mobile phone bills can be very expensive, but for some reason most of us just put up with this as a fact of life.
- In a twenty minute extract where there is no clear reason for the quotation it was just going to look odd.
- I was tight to him and holding him, and to be fair to him he was just trying to shrug me off.
- We are just ordinary people wanting a decent service and we are being told we will not get it.
- Of course he was going so fast that he could not make the left, so he just kept going straight.
- We're just cruising in a straight line until we get a better plan at the moment.
- The pair live just doors away from each other, and have enjoyed several dinner dates together.
Synonyms only, merely, simply, but, nothing but, no more than at best, at most alone, to the exclusion of everyone/everything else, and no one else, and nothing else Northern English nobbut South African informal sommer - 4.1 Really; absolutely (used for emphasis)
用于强调真正地；绝对地，完全地 他们真了不起。 Example sentencesExamples - I came to this country for many reasons but one of them is that I just plain like Americans.
- He said they were very good and D agreed, which just shows that virtue is its own reward.
- The rest of this record, however, is just plain dull and never seems to be going anywhere.
- To find out Jenny is earning so much more from the show is just astonishing.
- So many of the characters and dialogue in this movie are just one cliche after another.
- We just couldn't get past tackle three or four, and we didn't build any pressure.
- And some were just downright practical with calculators, measuring tapes and bottles of water.
- In this film I just wanted to get past the nudity issue very early and get on to other things.
- Not only were some of them plain uncomfortable, but a few were just downright embarrassing!
- I am a resident of Mealbank and at the end of our road the road surface is just disintegrating.
- I just find blues to be a lot more rewarding to listen to then a lot of contemporary bands.
- However, residents fear problems will just snowball if more property is built in the area.
- But up there on the sixth floor of the block, you can one day see him fitting in just fine.
- But the potential loss of the local loo was just not going to be allowed to happen.
- He was known to not trust humans, but that was just downright… strange.
- If any one of you lovely people have linked to a post in the past, it just isn't going to work any more.
- The fact that I will never get to meet my mystery admirer just makes things all the more romantic.
- Everyone back at base has been working really hard and it is just disappointing not to finish.
- The planning and care utilised in replacing the Swindon hospitals is just mind boggling.
- Just ask the millions of people who use and love a Mac why it's become such an integral part of their lives, and most will tell you the same thing: It just works.
Synonyms really, absolutely, completely, entirely, totally, altogether, positively, quite, one hundred per cent indeed, truly - 4.2 Used as a polite formula for giving permission or making a request.
用作给予允许或请求的客套语 请自用。 Example sentencesExamples - How you do it and what it takes is of no interest to me, just make absolutely sure that it is there.
- If you have sent stuff recently just drop me a line to make sure I've got it, cheers.
- "As to whether there will be military exercises, please just wait and see.
- When she was gone, Ari said, " Let's just head upstairs.
- If you are stuck for ideas, just ask your local wine merchant for recommendations.
- "Please just wait for me… I have to tell you something!
- "Come on, let's just lay low for a while.
- 4.3with modal Possibly (used to indicate a slight chance of something happening or being true)
（用于表示可能性很小）也许，或许 这或许会有所帮助。 Example sentencesExamples - If you haven't already got a ticket then get one because you may just get the chance to see a bit of history in the making.
- If only these folk would look at past history they might just see the possibility of a big surprise.
- The true pro might just set his stall out to repeat as best he can his peak form.
- You say you feel depleted and tired, so why can't you just stop for that reason?
- De Villiers said at the time he felt he was up to it, and it looks like he may just get that chance.
5Expressing agreement. 表示同意 ‘Simon really messed things up.’ ‘Didn't he just?’ “西蒙确实把事情搞得一团糟。”“可不是吗。”
Phrasesinformal Almost exactly; nearly. 〈非正式〉几乎；差不多 he can do just about anything 他几乎无所不会。 Example sentencesExamples - In the end I could stand it no more and even though it was just about time to go to bed, I went and washed my hair.
- The medium seems to serve as a way to say just about anything and have the message picked up by the media.
- You can feast as never before; you can shop at all hours and you can buy just about anything.
- He has a good understanding of rugby, and when he's on his game he can do just about anything.
- It seems like some biotech companies will do just about anything to make a buck?
- That obviously would be unacceptable to them, as it would be to just about anyone.
- We watered them in, and we've been giving them a drink just about every day since.
- Huntley was also a man who must have thought he could get away with just about anything.
- The human mind is very flexible and will find ways to justify just about anything.
- There are links here to just about everything and anything to do with the periodic table.
Synonyms nearly, almost, practically, all but, virtually, as good as, more or less, close to, nigh on, to all intents and purposes, not far off
A good or fortunate thing. 幸好 it was just as well I didn't know at the time 幸好当时我不知道。 Example sentencesExamples - It began to seem possible that his never having asked me was just as well.
- He is enthusiastic and clearly loves his job - which is just as well, since he works six days a week.
- Which was just as well because he had no intention of giving me anything.
- The family didn't see these Allied soldiers at the house again - which was just as well.
- This is just as well, given his curious double life at opposite ends of the entertainment spectrum.
- The jetlag hasn't kicked in yet, which is just as well because I've had to hit the ground running.
- By the time he got back, they were gone, which was just as well because much of the rage and derision was directed at him.
- It's just as well there's no-one here right now to be sympathetic and supportive.
- Perhaps it's just as well that I didn't have to dispose of it on the web, though.
- It is just as well that Mr Imbert added that implementation was one of his strengths.
just a minute (or moment, or second, etc.) 1Used to ask someone to wait or pause for a short time. 请稍等 用于请某人等候或暂停片刻 just a minute—my friend's left something behind Example sentencesExamples - Wait just a second, disengage your magnetic boots, everyone.
- We'll get to that in just a second, but do me a favor take me back to January 10, 2005, 4: 00 p.m. Iraqi time.
- ‘Now wait just a second,’ Jordan began, her anger rising as she began to storm toward him.
- Catching my eye he nodded and signaled to wait just a second.
- Something unusual about this one caught my eye however - hang on just a second.
- And I think he'll say, wait a minute, just a second because he knows only one thing, this is a very selfish and extraordinarily vicious man.
- ‘Wait just a second, Xena I need to talk to you’ Ares said, while running up to them.
- Wait just a second; let me finish up this coffee and I'll make you some breakfast.
- Wait for just a second or two more and surely the output will be different.
Synonyms wait, wait a minute, just a moment, just a second, stay here, stay put, remain here - 1.1Used to interrupt someone, especially in protest or disagreement.
等一下，等一等 尤用于表示抗议或不同意时打断某人 ‘They know what to do.’ ‘Now just a moment!’ the American interrupted Example sentencesExamples - Let me interrupt you for just a second here.
- But I want to share a picture with you anyhow, so just a second here…
- I have sympathy for the circumstances they found themselves in, but just a second, let me make this absolutely clear.
- They almost always call back and I say ‘Yes yes, just a second, I have my boss on the other line, please hold.’
- And Congressman Rangel, if you could hold on just a second, I want to bring the conversation here at home.
- But just a second - a lot of this seems to have happened because Buffy dies, and I'm injured trying to save her.
- If I could break in for just a second, I just want to bounce off what the other speaker just said, which I found fascinating.
- I'm going to ask you guys to hold on just a second.
- Robyn, let me interrupt you for just a second if I could with a question because you know a lot of people out there, today, are thinking I've got to go out and find something right now.
- Well, actually, let me brag just a second about Larry.
- Gentlemen, just a second, let me just set the record straight here and I think we can reach agreement.
- Barbara, let me interrupt you for just a second.
it's pretty hectic just now 现在正是忙得不可开交的时候。 Example sentencesExamples - However warm or cold we are to the general idea of the EU, nothing we decide just now will slow or speed up its political momentum.
- My sleep patterns are pretty bad just now so I am awake half the night and not particularly with it during the day - tired and emotional.
- But it is especially hectic just now - we are over here in New York, then it's back to Scotland on Saturday.
- He tried not to laugh as he said this, since she looked pretty homicidal just now.
- He's consistent, powerful, a huge hitter and, most importantly, he has bags of confidence and momentum just now.
- It must be hard for her to hurt her son, but the pain I have to suffer from my disease is pretty bad just now so please, God, excuse me for the odd word in vain.
- No, there's still only one truly imperial power on the planet at the moment, and it's just now reached its peak.
she was talking to me just now 她刚才在同我谈话。 Example sentencesExamples - There are some moments when Chichester is just fabulous, and just now was one of them.
- She had sounded so sad just now after she had been smiling only a moment ago.
- It takes a lot to make me smile at the moment - and this eBay auction managed it just now.
- I see, because you know we heard just now that some of the problems with commuting are pretty dire.
- You know, when I saw Olivia just now, I thought for a fleeting moment - we're both victims here.
3In a little while; very soon. 〈南非〉很快，马上；不久 I'll come just now but I want breakfast first 我马上就来，但是我得先吃早餐。 Example sentencesExamples - Just now hard drives will be a thing of the past.
- I will try the new drivers just now, I'm just downloading them.
Synonyms soon, shortly, in a little while, in a short time, presently, before long, in the near future
(with reference to time and numbers) exactly. （指时间或数字）刚好，正好 刚好是午夜。 Example sentencesExamples - We do know it intuitively, but since we don't know the rules, we live just on the edge of knowing it.
- David Watt got the opener, Marc Anthony grabbed a second and Garry Wood claimed a third just on the interval.
- It was just on the stroke of half time that an incident occurred that would change the course of the game.
- Once, in a restaurant restroom where there would be no rest, I was just on the point of giving up.
- Actually the earthy colour scheme used throughout the property is probably just on the somber side of restful.
- Wath reduced the arrears just on the break with a penalty when the New Lane side were caught offside.
- They went ahead when Tom Copeland fielded a stray opposition kick just on half way.
- The game had opened up with such alacrity that something had to give and it did so just on half time but in the most conventional manner.
- We finished just on schedule on Wednesday and returned to the island on Friday.
- But just on the break they reduced the arrears when Danny Hickey went the length of the field to score.
1Arranged or done very neatly and carefully. （安排得）细致而干净利落的 polishing the furniture and making everything just so 把家具擦亮并把一切都收拾得井井有条。 Example sentencesExamples - The dance floor in particular took a lot of sweat to keep in form for the dancers but it was always kept just so.
- That said, for a man who likes everything in his life to be just so, he has had a fairly traumatic six months.
- They like everything just so and have not had an outspoken driver since the days of Ayrton Senna.
- She puffs her chest out and stays still, looking this way and that, up and down, arranging her tail just so.
- His bedroom has to be just so, and he doesn't like furniture to be moved.
- She was wearing a business skirt and a nice blouse, and she had her hair done up just so.
- John and Ethan have been working at it nearly everyday, making sure everything is just so.
2Used to express agreement. 表示同意 ‘And to limit the hours,’ Jasper added. ‘Just so.’ Example sentencesExamples - "Just so!" said the Plain Man. "I see what you mean. I'll tell you a brand new tale of my own to prove that I do."
- "Just so," said the incorrigible toper," but I never saw a drunken man before; because I am always the first to get drunk and the last to get sober."
Synonyms yes, exactly, quite, absolutely, right, that's right, just so, quite so, indubitably, without a doubt, definitely
Derivativesnoun ˈdʒʌstnəs This would be one who believes himself to be an exception to rules of fairness, justness, or courtesy. Example sentencesExamples - People are just not convinced of the justness or need for war.
- And we question the justness of tenuring him, certainly of the size of his salary and administrative reach.
- States might have been willing to concede the theoretical justness of the functional principle, but they would not enforce it in real negotiations.
- I believe that the time frame suggested in the bill in which claims should be completed suggests that we may compromise justness and fairness all for the sake of expediency.
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus 'law, right'. judge from Middle English: The word judge, recorded in English since the Middle Ages, looks back to a Latin word based on jus ‘law’ (the source also of just (Late Middle English), justice (Old English), injury (Late Middle English)), and dicere ‘to say’. Judges are often thought of as solemn and impressive figures, and the expression sober as a judge goes back to the 17th century, with sober originally meaning ‘serious, grave’ rather than ‘not drunk’.
Rhymesadjust, august, bust, combust, crust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, lust, mistrust, must, robust, rust, thrust, trust, undiscussed Definition of just in US English: justadjectivedʒəstjəst 1Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair. 正义的；公正的 a just and democratic society 一个公正民主的社会。 fighting for a just cause 为正义事业而奋斗。 Example sentencesExamples - It raises the question as to whether it is fair, just and reasonable to impose the duty contended for.
- When has a judge of a court made an order when it is not just and equitable to do so?
- They knew that a just society relies on a certain level of order and cohesiveness.
- She is a fair and just ruler, and she causes unending problems for me and my brothers.
- The aim of creating a democracy in the heart of the Middle East is a just cause.
- How then will the court decide what is a fair and just settlement for Richard and Hyacinth?
- For the best part of 150 years, progressive opinion has seen the Civil War as a just war.
- Would it be just and equitable for the respondents to receive no recompense for work done?
- Was it just and reasonable that the defendant should owe a duty of care of the scope asserted by the plaintiff?
- I don't believe there was a just reason for them not allowing me to take part in the race.
- Other countries should follow the Dutch example of a decent, pure and just society.
- We strive hard to build a just society, but we ignore a glaring source of inequality.
- His idea of a just society was one which would allow a man to live well by his own efforts.
- A just and democratic approach to Iraq would also lead to the lifting of sanctions.
- We have a duty as moral and just people, to educate other farangs who ride the buses.
- Thus is not for a just man to engage in warfare, since warfare is justice itself.
- The more disturbing part of the answer may lie in the absence of a vision of a just society.
Synonyms fair, fair-minded, equitable, even-handed, impartial, unbiased, objective, neutral, disinterested, unprejudiced, open-minded, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination - 1.1 (of treatment) deserved or appropriate in the circumstances.
（待遇）应得的，适当的 we all get our just deserts 我们都得到了应得的赏罚。 Example sentencesExamples - All the pressure has been at their end of the pitch and the goal was just reward for the way we played in the second half.
- It was just reward for the Brazilian driver after bad luck in qualifying put him down the order on the grid.
- The manager's gong would be just reward for the way the Redhill boss has built his side this year.
- It was just reward for all the hard work Gareth has put in since joining the society two years ago.
- How heartening it is in these cruel and trite times to know that real talent may still receive its just reward.
- It's going to be exciting for all of us and we will be hoping for a good points finish as just reward.
- Unless, of course, they had been dissing me, in which case they got their just deserts.
- An appropriately drawn limitation statute would surely produce a more just result.
- If he does guide the Blades into the Premiership it will be a just reward for one of the game's grafters.
- I am over the moon for our fans, it is just reward for the way they have been behind us all season.
- His birdie on the hardest hole on the course was just reward for his superb approach shot.
Synonyms deserved, well deserved, well earned, merited, earned - 1.2 (of an opinion or appraisal) well founded; justifiable.
（意见或评价）有充分根据的，恰如其分的；有理由的，无可非议的 these simplistic approaches have been the subject of just criticism 这些过分简单化的方法受到了恰如其分的批判。 Example sentencesExamples - There must surely be a broad public interest in just complaints of this kind being sustained.
- It is not a just criticism of such assessment that it does not provide answers to all questions, just as it is not a just criticism of standardized assessment that it does not inform instruction.
- The series is most criticized for feeling dry and intellectual, or at least emotionally uninvolving -- a just criticism.
Synonyms valid, sound, well founded, well grounded, justified, justifiable, warranted, warrantable, defensible, defendable, legitimate, reasonable, logical
adverbdʒəstjəst 1Exactly. 精确地；正好，刚好；正是；恰恰 这正是我所需要的。 you're a human being, just like everyone else 你是一个人，正如其他人一样。 conditions were just as bad 情况恰恰是同样地糟糕。 you can have it, but not just yet 你可以得到它，只不过现在还不行。 Example sentencesExamples - The icing on the cake would be to make Trinidad just as popular a tourist attraction.
- For many humans, bewitched by this remarkable place, the pull is just as strong.
- I had no idea who he was, but I could feel it just as strongly as everyone else around me.
- He had always been lucky, and he did survive the storm, just as he had survived the war.
- My new songs are all I have, along with my liberty, and everything has to be just right from now on in.
- That she didn't have to worry about getting married and having babies, not just yet.
- She will then have another six fittings to make sure the final creation is just perfect.
- They got their way with dear old Bobby in the end, and they will with Eriksson, but not just yet.
- They may well be unbeaten but could just as easily have lost their last three matches.
- Everyone knows kids would be just as happy playing with the box a present comes in as with the present itself.
- But it was a show, for everyone, and mums and dads enjoyed it just as much as the children.
- He had looked at this as a simple ball to be enjoyed, when in fact it was just as much a trial to everyone else as to him.
- It would be just as welcome served as a nourishing warm dessert on a cool summer evening.
- This is the main reason why going to see short films should be just as easy as catching the latest blockbuster.
- The soft midsummer evening was just right for a romantic stroll around Malham Tarn.
- His father leaves him a cat in his will and the cat proves to be just as bossy as everyone else.
- Maybe not just yet, but it might be the only way for some, that things can really get better.
- And most of them are just as stuck inside their own point of view as everyone else.
- The point here is that there were bullies in the school system then just as there are today.
- But we have spent a lot of time getting the pastry just right so it rises perfectly.
Synonyms exactly, precisely, absolutely, completely, totally, entirely, perfectly, utterly, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, in every way, in every respect, in all respects, quite - 1.1 Exactly or almost exactly at this or that moment.
刚，马上 她马上来。 we were just finishing breakfast 我们刚好快要吃完早餐。 Example sentencesExamples - Then just as we were getting to the outskirts of town and heading for the motorway, we stopped at the lights.
- The second and third points are not, in my view persuasive for the reasons which I have just given.
- I'm just grumpy because the football will be starting tonight just as I walk into work.
- No doubt by now everything is perfected, but today Lederer has just come from rehearsals.
- As strange as it sounds, she's just beginning to realize they're part of her body.
- But just as he was ready to go into action, his unit was struck by an outbreak of meningitis.
- The ad cycles are really just starting, so we should be fair.
- An early equaliser was topped by a dramatic headed winner just as extra-time beckoned.
- These thoughts race through the brain just as a kick of adrenaline triggers a survival instinct.
- The bearded gentleman pictured right staggered off the line just as I approached.
- After a pause, Huw tries to speak to fill the gap, just as the track comes in.
- You'd go into one office and it's perfect, like someone just left to go to the bathroom.
- Those arrested included Mr Rihal, on his way home to look after his wife who had just left hospital.
- The view is sublime: we are looking straight back down the loch whence we have just come.
- She was a meek and mild kind of lady and she'd just come out of hospital a few weeks back.
- He would then have escaped via the garage door just as the pensioner was beginning to take in the scene of chaos.
- But just as the half looked well set to follow the pattern of the first, City took the lead.
- He was not pompous at all and did not look worried as if he had just come straight from court.
- Then there are those days when it emerges from hiding just as an unfortunate vehicle is passing above.
- Firing machine guns, they robbed the hotel's jewellery store just as it was being closed.
2Very recently; in the immediate past. 刚刚，才 I've just seen the local paper 我刚刚看过地方报纸。 Example sentencesExamples - She'd been in Delhi all these years, and had just recent come down to Mumbai for a visit to her folks.
- Morehampton Square was the perfect place to live in a city that was just beginning to take off.
- They have just got planning permission to extend once more, this time over the garage.
- The local shop lifters have just been round selling turkey for a pound a pack.
- A property which has just come on to the market is a perfect example of the change.
- She had talked about it in the past but she had just spent a month in Thailand and seemed happy.
- Okay so we've just lost two games, but that's no reason for people to jump on his back.
- We've just published an article and a report on the subject of India's growing components industry.
- It is also a time for reflection, looking back on the year we have just had and forward to what will be.
- This is when Vaclav Havel came to speak to Congress just after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Synonyms a moment ago, a second ago, a short time ago, very recently, not long ago, lately, only now 3Barely; by a little. 仅仅；差一点就不 inflation fell to just over 4 percent 通货膨胀率勉强降到了百分之四多一点儿。 I only just caught the train 我差一点儿没赶上火车。 I got here just after nine 我是刚过九点钟到这里的。 Example sentencesExamples - We rounded a curve just past a grove of fruit laden olive trees and our destination suddenly came into view.
- I'm sixteen years old with curling black hair that goes just a little past my shoulder.
- Woods opts to putt from off the green and just scrapes past the right edge, leaving a tiddler for his par.
- Billy Mehmet was allowed to work his way into the box, only to drag his shot just wide of the upright.
- His hair reached just past his shoulders and pointed ears were sticking out from his hair.
- He said a car had just managed to squeeze past the people carrier, and he had tried to do the same but in vain.
- Seconds later he was on the other side of the penalty box, thrashing in a drive that just skidded past the post.
- It began when a local meeting just outside Worcester got rather out of hand.
- It was just past lunchtime and Pete Astor had nothing to do for the next few hours.
- The keeper saved his header from a free kick, while another shot fizzed just past the post.
- For sheer terror, however, there is little to compare to that road just outside of La Paz.
- The conversion into the wind just slipped past the upright and at the turn honours were even.
- To get to the article you'll have to scroll down just a tiny bit past the dated updates at the top of the page.
- By the time I got there she was just visible going past the bridge so we sat and waited for her to come back.
- The base of the trunk is pushed just four feet into the ground and secured with a dozen or more wooden wedges.
- The county council should be asked to fill in a large pothole on the corner just past the Old Wharf.
- The stars shone down on the camp and just past the tree line, a graceful elf with golden hair stood.
- Pandiani almost hits straight back for Deportivo, but the ball just skips away from him.
- When she'd lifted it up, just past her stomach, she went limp and fell back on to the bed.
- I was paired with Ray Wilkins and I topped my opening drive just past the ladies' tees.
Synonyms by a narrow margin, narrowly, only just, by inches, by a hair's breadth, by the narrowest of margins 4Simply; only; no more than. 只是；只；只不过 they were just interested in making money 他们只对挣钱感兴趣。 Example sentencesExamples - Writing off the debt of developing countries is not just a moral but also a legal obligation.
- I was just going to say I thought there were two reasons why there is a big difference.
- I was tight to him and holding him, and to be fair to him he was just trying to shrug me off.
- Mobile phone bills can be very expensive, but for some reason most of us just put up with this as a fact of life.
- It would be a bit naïve of me to think I will just walk straight into the first team here.
- We're just cruising in a straight line until we get a better plan at the moment.
- Remember, you're not just part of the process, you are the reason the service exists.
- I am just looking at what it says for a straight robbery or attempt with actual bodily harm.
- Nobody really wants to debate any longer, they are just interested in scoring points.
- The pair live just doors away from each other, and have enjoyed several dinner dates together.
- Of course he was going so fast that he could not make the left, so he just kept going straight.
- There is no reason for it to be that heavy, but they just felt it should be.
- If she starts behaving badly I just walk away and let things calm down until her tantrum has gone away.
- After all, the whole principle was to look after members and not just shareholders.
- A teenage car criminal has been locked up for a year just days after being ordered by a court to behave.
- In a twenty minute extract where there is no clear reason for the quotation it was just going to look odd.
- We are just ordinary people wanting a decent service and we are being told we will not get it.
- He had his hand over his eye and the blood was just coming straight through his fingers.
- Suddenly he was fair game once more and there was more than just terrorism on the agenda.
- Even if we are just one step ahead, it effectively means that we can keep death away.
Synonyms only, merely, simply, but, nothing but, no more than - 4.1 Really; absolutely (used for emphasis)
用于强调真正地；绝对地，完全地 他们真了不起。 Example sentencesExamples - To find out Jenny is earning so much more from the show is just astonishing.
- The rest of this record, however, is just plain dull and never seems to be going anywhere.
- But up there on the sixth floor of the block, you can one day see him fitting in just fine.
- I came to this country for many reasons but one of them is that I just plain like Americans.
- I just find blues to be a lot more rewarding to listen to then a lot of contemporary bands.
- The fact that I will never get to meet my mystery admirer just makes things all the more romantic.
- He was known to not trust humans, but that was just downright… strange.
- But the potential loss of the local loo was just not going to be allowed to happen.
- And some were just downright practical with calculators, measuring tapes and bottles of water.
- However, residents fear problems will just snowball if more property is built in the area.
- The planning and care utilised in replacing the Swindon hospitals is just mind boggling.
- He said they were very good and D agreed, which just shows that virtue is its own reward.
- Just ask the millions of people who use and love a Mac why it's become such an integral part of their lives, and most will tell you the same thing: It just works.
- If any one of you lovely people have linked to a post in the past, it just isn't going to work any more.
- Not only were some of them plain uncomfortable, but a few were just downright embarrassing!
- I am a resident of Mealbank and at the end of our road the road surface is just disintegrating.
- So many of the characters and dialogue in this movie are just one cliche after another.
- We just couldn't get past tackle three or four, and we didn't build any pressure.
- In this film I just wanted to get past the nudity issue very early and get on to other things.
- Everyone back at base has been working really hard and it is just disappointing not to finish.
Synonyms really, absolutely, completely, entirely, totally, altogether, positively, quite, one hundred per cent - 4.2 Used as a polite formula for giving permission or making a request.
用作给予允许或请求的客套语 请自用。 Example sentencesExamples - How you do it and what it takes is of no interest to me, just make absolutely sure that it is there.
- If you are stuck for ideas, just ask your local wine merchant for recommendations.
- When she was gone, Ari said, " Let's just head upstairs.
- "Come on, let's just lay low for a while.
- "Please just wait for me… I have to tell you something!
- If you have sent stuff recently just drop me a line to make sure I've got it, cheers.
- "As to whether there will be military exercises, please just wait and see.
- 4.3with modal Possibly (used to indicate a slight chance of something happening or being true)
（用于表示可能性很小）也许，或许 这或许会有所帮助。 Example sentencesExamples - If you haven't already got a ticket then get one because you may just get the chance to see a bit of history in the making.
- De Villiers said at the time he felt he was up to it, and it looks like he may just get that chance.
- If only these folk would look at past history they might just see the possibility of a big surprise.
- The true pro might just set his stall out to repeat as best he can his peak form.
- You say you feel depleted and tired, so why can't you just stop for that reason?
5Expressing agreement. 表示同意 “Simon really messed things up.” “Didn't he just?” “西蒙确实把事情搞得一团糟。”“可不是吗。”
Phrasesinformal Almost exactly; nearly. 〈非正式〉几乎；差不多 he can do just about anything 他几乎无所不会。 Example sentencesExamples - The medium seems to serve as a way to say just about anything and have the message picked up by the media.
- The human mind is very flexible and will find ways to justify just about anything.
- That obviously would be unacceptable to them, as it would be to just about anyone.
- You can feast as never before; you can shop at all hours and you can buy just about anything.
- There are links here to just about everything and anything to do with the periodic table.
- He has a good understanding of rugby, and when he's on his game he can do just about anything.
- In the end I could stand it no more and even though it was just about time to go to bed, I went and washed my hair.
- It seems like some biotech companies will do just about anything to make a buck?
- We watered them in, and we've been giving them a drink just about every day since.
- Huntley was also a man who must have thought he could get away with just about anything.
Synonyms nearly, almost, practically, all but, virtually, as good as, more or less, close to, nigh on, to all intents and purposes, not far off
A good or fortunate thing. 幸好 it was just as well I didn't know at the time 幸好当时我不知道。 Example sentencesExamples - By the time he got back, they were gone, which was just as well because much of the rage and derision was directed at him.
- Which was just as well because he had no intention of giving me anything.
- Perhaps it's just as well that I didn't have to dispose of it on the web, though.
- The jetlag hasn't kicked in yet, which is just as well because I've had to hit the ground running.
- The family didn't see these Allied soldiers at the house again - which was just as well.
- It's just as well there's no-one here right now to be sympathetic and supportive.
- It is just as well that Mr Imbert added that implementation was one of his strengths.
- It began to seem possible that his never having asked me was just as well.
- This is just as well, given his curious double life at opposite ends of the entertainment spectrum.
- He is enthusiastic and clearly loves his job - which is just as well, since he works six days a week.
it's pretty hectic just now 现在正是忙得不可开交的时候。 Example sentencesExamples - But it is especially hectic just now - we are over here in New York, then it's back to Scotland on Saturday.
- He tried not to laugh as he said this, since she looked pretty homicidal just now.
- It must be hard for her to hurt her son, but the pain I have to suffer from my disease is pretty bad just now so please, God, excuse me for the odd word in vain.
- My sleep patterns are pretty bad just now so I am awake half the night and not particularly with it during the day - tired and emotional.
- He's consistent, powerful, a huge hitter and, most importantly, he has bags of confidence and momentum just now.
- However warm or cold we are to the general idea of the EU, nothing we decide just now will slow or speed up its political momentum.
- No, there's still only one truly imperial power on the planet at the moment, and it's just now reached its peak.
she was talking to me just now 她刚才在同我谈话。 Example sentencesExamples - She had sounded so sad just now after she had been smiling only a moment ago.
- There are some moments when Chichester is just fabulous, and just now was one of them.
- You know, when I saw Olivia just now, I thought for a fleeting moment - we're both victims here.
- It takes a lot to make me smile at the moment - and this eBay auction managed it just now.
- I see, because you know we heard just now that some of the problems with commuting are pretty dire.
(with reference to time and numbers) exactly. （指时间或数字）刚好，正好 刚好是午夜。 Example sentencesExamples - But just on the break they reduced the arrears when Danny Hickey went the length of the field to score.
- We do know it intuitively, but since we don't know the rules, we live just on the edge of knowing it.
- The game had opened up with such alacrity that something had to give and it did so just on half time but in the most conventional manner.
- Actually the earthy colour scheme used throughout the property is probably just on the somber side of restful.
- We finished just on schedule on Wednesday and returned to the island on Friday.
- They went ahead when Tom Copeland fielded a stray opposition kick just on half way.
- It was just on the stroke of half time that an incident occurred that would change the course of the game.
- David Watt got the opener, Marc Anthony grabbed a second and Garry Wood claimed a third just on the interval.
- Once, in a restaurant restroom where there would be no rest, I was just on the point of giving up.
- Wath reduced the arrears just on the break with a penalty when the New Lane side were caught offside.
1Arranged or done very neatly and carefully. （安排得）细致而干净利落的 polishing the furniture and making everything just so 把家具擦亮并把一切都收拾得井井有条。 Example sentencesExamples - That said, for a man who likes everything in his life to be just so, he has had a fairly traumatic six months.
- She was wearing a business skirt and a nice blouse, and she had her hair done up just so.
- John and Ethan have been working at it nearly everyday, making sure everything is just so.
- They like everything just so and have not had an outspoken driver since the days of Ayrton Senna.
- His bedroom has to be just so, and he doesn't like furniture to be moved.
- The dance floor in particular took a lot of sweat to keep in form for the dancers but it was always kept just so.
- She puffs her chest out and stays still, looking this way and that, up and down, arranging her tail just so.
2Used to express agreement. 表示同意 Example sentencesExamples - "Just so!" said the Plain Man. "I see what you mean. I'll tell you a brand new tale of my own to prove that I do."
- "Just so," said the incorrigible toper," but I never saw a drunken man before; because I am always the first to get drunk and the last to get sober."
Synonyms yes, exactly, quite, absolutely, right, that's right, just so, quite so, indubitably, without a doubt, definitely
just a minute, moment, second, etc. 1Used to ask someone to wait or pause for a short time. 请稍等 用于请某人等候或暂停片刻 Example sentencesExamples - Catching my eye he nodded and signaled to wait just a second.
- ‘Now wait just a second,’ Jordan began, her anger rising as she began to storm toward him.
- Wait just a second; let me finish up this coffee and I'll make you some breakfast.
- ‘Wait just a second, Xena I need to talk to you’ Ares said, while running up to them.
- And I think he'll say, wait a minute, just a second because he knows only one thing, this is a very selfish and extraordinarily vicious man.
- Wait just a second, disengage your magnetic boots, everyone.
- We'll get to that in just a second, but do me a favor take me back to January 10, 2005, 4: 00 p.m. Iraqi time.
- Wait for just a second or two more and surely the output will be different.
- Something unusual about this one caught my eye however - hang on just a second.
Synonyms wait, wait a minute, just a moment, just a second, stay here, stay put, remain here - 1.1Used to interrupt someone, especially in protest or disagreement.
等一下，等一等 尤用于表示抗议或不同意时打断某人 Example sentencesExamples - I'm going to ask you guys to hold on just a second.
- Let me interrupt you for just a second here.
- If I could break in for just a second, I just want to bounce off what the other speaker just said, which I found fascinating.
- Well, actually, let me brag just a second about Larry.
- Barbara, let me interrupt you for just a second.
- But just a second - a lot of this seems to have happened because Buffy dies, and I'm injured trying to save her.
- Gentlemen, just a second, let me just set the record straight here and I think we can reach agreement.
- And Congressman Rangel, if you could hold on just a second, I want to bring the conversation here at home.
- They almost always call back and I say ‘Yes yes, just a second, I have my boss on the other line, please hold.’
- I have sympathy for the circumstances they found themselves in, but just a second, let me make this absolutely clear.
- But I want to share a picture with you anyhow, so just a second here…
- Robyn, let me interrupt you for just a second if I could with a question because you know a lot of people out there, today, are thinking I've got to go out and find something right now.
I put on my raincoat and big straw hat. But we got soaked just the same Example sentencesExamples - But I went ahead and did it just the same.
- Whether he did it for dramatic effect or not I don't know, but he did it, just the same.
- Perhaps the best way to learn how widely he's respected is to listen to folks who haven't had the chance to work with him very often - but who've learned from him just the same.
- Given time I hope my characters become somewhat of a staple just the same.
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus ‘law, right’. |