unjustifiable

英 [ˌʌnˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl]

美 [ˌʌnˌdʒʌstɪˈfaɪəbl]

adj.  不可原谅的; 无法接受的; 无正当理由的

BNC.22022 / COCA.29731

牛津词典

adj.

• 不可原谅的；无法接受的；无正当理由的
  impossible to excuse or accept because there is no good reason for it
  1. an unjustifiable delay
     无理的拖延

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指伤害他人的行为）不能证明为正当的，无可辩解的，没有道理的
  If you describe an action, especially one that harms someone, asunjustifiable, you mean there is no good reason for it.
  1. Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
     用这些导弹击落民用飞机是极不道德也是完全没道理的。

英英释义

adj

• incapable of being justified or explained
  Synonym:indefensibleinsupportableunwarrantableunwarranted

双语例句

• When we were compelled to break through the enemy's encirclement after the failure to smash his fifth campaign, we showed an unjustifiable haste.
  但是第五次没有打破围剿而被迫突围时，还表现了不应有的仓卒从事。
• A spokesman for the royal family said the Duke and Duchess were hugely saddened that the publication, Closer, had invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and unjustifiable manner.
  皇室发言人表示，公爵和公爵夫人对《Closer》杂志以如此荒谬无理的方式侵犯他们的隐私而感到十分难过。
• The restraint of an individual outside such extenuating circumstances, or the use of excessive force, is unjustifiable.
  若个人约束超出这种范围，或是过度使用武力，这就是不正当。
• The cost to the taxpayers of such a celebration would be unjustifiable.
  对纳税人来说，这一庆典的花费是毫无道理的。
• To disregard this principle is to make civil disobedience not only legally wrong but morally unjustifiable.
  如果不尊重这一原则，那么公民的非暴力反抗不仅在法律上是错误的，在道德上也是不恰当的。
• Bosses do not like this, not because they think it unprofessional but because it forces them to justify unjustifiable differences in pay.
  老板们不喜欢这个，不是因为他们认为这样做违反职业道德，而是因为这会迫使他们证明不合理的薪酬差距是合理的。
• The doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable.
  主张凡暴力必不合理的主义。
• To stop stores selling perfectly decent food during a food crisis is morally unjustifiable.
  在粮食危机的当下还禁止商家出售质量尚好的农产品，这从道德层面说不过去。
• The raid was an unjustifiable act of aggression.
  那次偷袭是一种不正当的侵略行径。
• Most who write off bullfighting as a cruel and unjustifiable sport generally know very little about what actually takes place in a corrida, an afternoon series of fights in which six bulls are killed.
  多数轻易把斗牛描绘成是一种惨无人道的运动的人，通常对在一个下午连续几场的斗牛中，有六头牛被杀死这种实际的情况知之甚少。