Word · Frequency #22022
unjustifiable
不合理的；无法辩护的；不能证明为正当的
核心释义
incapable of being justified or explained
- 1.
无法证明、辩解或原谅的
That cannot be justified, excused or pardoned.
无法证明、辩解或原谅的；不合道理的；不能认为是正当的；不能分辩的
用法In use
It is unjustifiable to throw away perfectly good food.
用法提示：unjustifiable 是形容词，在“It is + adj. + to do”结构中作表语，表示“不合理的、说不过去的”。
The loud music at two in the morning was an unjustifiable disturbance.
用法提示：unjustifiable 用作定语，修饰名词 disturbance，表示“没有正当理由的、不该有的”。
Charging customers double for a simple repair seems unjustifiable to me.
用法提示：unjustifiable 在句中作表语，说明收费行为缺乏正当理由。
it is unjustifiable to do sth
该句型用 it 作形式主语，真正的主语是不定式短语。
It is unjustifiable to spend so much money on luxury items while others starve.
在别人挨饿的时候花这么多钱买奢侈品是不合理的。
find sth unjustifiable
find + 宾语 + 形容词作宾补，表示“认为……不合理/无法辩解”。可用 absolutely 等加强语气。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- unjustifiable expense
- 不合理的开支
- The committee rejected the proposal as an unjustifiable expense.委员会以不合理的开支为由否决了该提案。
- unjustifiable delay
- 不合理的延误
- The project suffered an unjustifiable delay.该项目遭遇了一次不合理的延误。
- unjustifiable risk
- 不合理的风险
- Taking on that much debt for a luxury purchase is an unjustifiable risk.为一件奢侈品背负这么多债务是一种不合理的风险。
- unjustifiable violence
- 毫无道理的暴力行为
- The court condemned the police officer's actions as unjustifiable violence.法院谴责该警察的行为是毫无道理的暴力行为。
- unjustifiable interference
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 unjustifiable 拆成 un（不）+ justifiable（有正当理由的），联想“连一个正当理由都找不到”，就是“不合理的、无法辩解的”。双“i”像眼睛，盯着看也找不出借口。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、academic text、legal argument unjustifiable 多用于正式或书面语境，如学术、法律或辩论性文本，日常口语中较少用，此时更常说 unreasonable 或 inexcusable。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only justifiable is a true rhyme: its stressed vowel and following sounds match the target. The other words share the spelling ending -ifiable and the same unstressed final /faɪəbəl/, but their main stress falls on an earlier syllable, so they sound different and should not be treated as rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.