The principle is not what justifies an activity, for the principle is but another name for the continuity of the activity. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
However, it justifies me, I suppose, in going into mourning. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Then you don't believe that the Bible justifies slavery, said Miss Ophelia. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
That is what gives understanding, and justifies the observation that the intuitions of scientific discovery and the artist's perceptions are closely related. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Without supposing any change in human quality, but merely its release from the present system of inordinate waste, history justifies this expectation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
What you say now justifies my own view, said Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
He fancies that some abstract principle justifies his course of action without recognizing that his principle needs justification. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
She grows up, and more than justifies my good opinion, and I remain her guardian and her friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.