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just 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/jəst/,
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justest, superlative;
  1. Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair
    • - a just and democratic society
    • - fighting for a just cause
  2. (of treatment) Deserved or appropriate in the circumstances
    • - we all get our just deserts
  3. (of an opinion or appraisal) Well founded; justifiable
    • - these simplistic approaches have been the subject of just criticism
Adverb
  1. Exactly
    • - that's just what I need
    • - you're a human being, just like everyone else
    • - conditions were just as bad
    • - you can have it, but not just yet
  2. Exactly or almost exactly at this or that moment
    • - she's just coming
    • - we were just finishing breakfast
  3. Very recently; in the immediate past
    • - I've just seen the local paper
  4. Barely; by a little
    • - I got here just after nine
    • - inflation fell to just over 4 percent
    • - I only just caught the train
  5. Simply; only; no more than
    • - they were just interested in making money
  6. Really; absolutely (used for emphasis)
    • - they're just great
  7. Used as a polite formula for giving permission or making a request
    • - just help yourselves
  8. Possibly (used to indicate a slight chance of something happening or being true)
    • - it might just help
  9. Expressing agreement
    • - “Simon really messed things up.” “Didn't he just?”
  1. merely: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
  2. used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
  3. equitable: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
  4. precisely: indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
  5. fair: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
  6. only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out"
  7. absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"
  8. good: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
  9. barely: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
  10. exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them";
  11. The Jordan University of Science and Technology (جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية), often abbreviated JUST, is a comprehensive, state-supported university located outside of Irbid at Ar Ramtha region, in northern Jordanhttp://universities.roro44. ...
  12. "Just" is a single by English rock band Radiohead, released in 1995. It is the seventh track on their 1995 album The Bends. ...
  13. Just! is a successful series of short story collections by Australian children's author Andy Griffiths.
  14. The Just Assassins (original French title: Les Justes, a more literal translation would be The Just Ones or The Righteous) is a 1949 play by French writer and philosopher Albert Camus.
  15. Justian is a commune in the Gers department in south-western France.
  16. (Justly) Justice is the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, fairness, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics.
  17. A joust, tournament; To joust, fight a tournament; factually fair; correct; proper; morally fair; upright; righteous, equitable; Only, simply, merely; Moments ago, recently; By a narrow margin; closely; nearly; exactly, perfectly
  18. (justly) In a just or fair manner; of great justice
  19. (Justs) Military exercises in former times, for the display of martial prowess, conducted with great pomp and ceremony. See Tournaments.
  20. honest; conforming to moral and proper principles of social conduct
  21. trans. David Pellauer, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000 (1995).
  22. This epithet is applied to that which agrees with a given law which is the test of right and wrong. 1 Toull. prel. n. 5 Aust. Jur. 276, n. It is that which accords with the perfect rights of others. Wolff, Inst. §83; Swinb. part 1, s. 2, n. 5, and part 1, §4, n. 3. ...
  23. Legally right; conformity with that which is lawful or fair.
  24. Obedient to the currently accepted ethical laws.
  25. Refers to a move or input that must be entered with precision (Just Frame).