just

just
adjective

based 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。
■(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。
■(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早已受到了恰如其分的批判。

adverb

exactly
精确地；正好，刚好；正是，的确
that's just what I need.
这刚好是我所需要的。
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.
条件的确很糟。
you can have it, but not just yet.
你可以得到它，只不过现在还不行。
■exactly or almost exactly at this or that moment
刚，马上
she's just coming.
她马上来。
we were just finishing breakfast.
我们刚吃完早餐。
very recently; in the immediate past
刚刚，才
I've just seen the local paper.
我刚刚看过地方报纸。
barely; by a little
仅仅，刚刚，差一点儿；只
I got here just after nine.
刚过九点我就到这儿了。
inflation fell to just over 4 per cent.
通货膨胀只降了百分之四多。
I only just caught the train.
我差一点儿没赶上火车。
simply; only; no more than
简直；只是；只；只不过
they were just interested in making money.
他们只对挣钱感兴趣。
■really; absolutely (used for emphasis)
［用于强调］真正地；绝对地，完全地
they're just great.
他们真了不起。
■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］
just help yourselves.
请自用。
■[with modal]possibly (used to indicate a slight chance of something happening or being true)
可能地
it might just help.
它可能会有帮助。
expressing agreement
［表示同意］
‘Simon really messed things up.’ ‘Didn't he just?’.
“西蒙把东西搞得真是一团糟。”“可不是吗。”。

常用词组
just about

(informal)almost exactly; nearly
(非正式)几乎；差不多
he can do just about anything.
他几乎无所不会。

just as well

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。

just in case

as a precaution
以防万一

just a minute (或 moment，或 second，等)

used 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］
■used 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］

just now

at this moment
此时此刻
it's pretty hectic just now.
此时一片紧张忙碌的景象。
a little time ago
刚才
she was talking to me just now.
她刚才在同我谈话。
(S. African)in 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。

just on

(with reference to time and numbers) exactly
（指时间或数字）刚好，正好
it was just on midnight.
刚好是午夜。

just so

arranged or done very neatly and carefully
整洁，井井有条
polishing the furniture and making everything just so.
油漆家具并把一切都收拾的井井有条。
(formal)used to express agreement
(正式)好，没问题［用于表示同意］

派生
justly
adverb
justness
noun
语源

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus 'law, right'

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