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ldoce_727_zjust1 /dʒəst; strong dʒʌst/ S1 W1 adverbadv

1 EXACTexactly 正好，恰好

A good strong cup of coffee is just what I need right now.

我现在正需要喝一杯浓浓的咖啡。

The house was large and roomy; just right for us.

那幢房子大而宽敞，正合我们的需要。

She looks just like her mother.

她看上去就像她妈妈。

Just what do you think you’re trying to do?

你究竟想干什么？

just on British EnglishBrE

It’s just on three o’clock.

现在正好三点钟。

Just then (=exactly at that moment), Mrs Robovitch appeared at the bedroom door.

就在那时，罗博维奇太太出现在卧室门口。

Just as (=at the exact moment when) I opened the door, the telephone started to ring.

就在我开门时，电话铃响了。

A nice hot bath – just the thing (=exactly the right thing) to relax sore muscles.

洗个舒服的热水澡，那正是缓解肌肉酸痛的好方法。

► see thesaurus at exactly

2 ONLYnothing more than the thing, amount, action etc that you are mentioning 只不过，只是 SYN only

It’s nothing serious – just a small cut.

不要紧，只不过是个小伤口。

Don’t be too hard on him – he’s just a kid.

不要对他太苛刻，他只是个小孩子。

Can you wait just a few minutes?

就等几分钟好吗？

It’s not just me – there are other people involved as well.

不光是我，还有其他人也参加了。

In written English, people often prefer to use simply rather than just, which sounds rather informal: 在书面英语中，人们常常喜欢用 simply，而不用 just，因为后者听起来相当不正式

It’s simply a question of priorities.

这只是一个轻重缓急的问题。

3 JUST/A MOMENT AGOonly a short time ago 刚才，方才

John’s just told me that he’s getting married.

约翰刚刚告诉我他要结婚了。

I’ve just been out shopping.

我刚才出去买东西了。

► see thesaurus at recently

4 JUST/A MOMENT AGOat this moment or at that moment 此刻，现在；(正在)那时

Wait a minute – I’m just coming.

等一下，我这就来。

He was just leaving when the phone rang.

他正准备离开时，电话铃响了。

I’m just finishing my homework – it won’t take long.

我正在做家庭作业，马上就好了。

The concert was just about to start.

音乐会马上就要开始了。

5 EMPHASIZEused to emphasize what you are saying 的确，确实，完全

It just isn’t true.

这根本不是真的。

I just love being in the mountains.

我确实很喜欢待在山区。

It was just wonderful to see Joyce again.

能够再见到乔伊斯真是太好了。

I just wish I could believe you.

真希望我能够相信你。

6 JUST/A MOMENT AGOonly by a small amount, time, distance etc 〔数量、时间、距离等〕就，只〔相差一点点〕

7 JUST/ALMOST NOTused to show that something which happens almost does not happen 差一点就不，勉强 SYN barely, hardly

8 just about ALMOSTalmost 几乎，差不多

Examples from the Corpus

just about• Building community Gross inequality is not just about economics, it is about moral choice.• Shrimp takes a starring role on the menu at just about every restaurant in town.• Whiners are hard to like and hard to take seriously by just about everyone they work with.• But the debate over free candidate time is not just about good government.• Preston employees got the same type of information, not just about specific behavior, but about the company as a whole.• Landowners became anxious not just about the birds but about access to their habitat.• It was just about to dive as the train ran on.

9 just as good/bad/big etc EQUALequally as good, bad, big etc 和…一样好/坏/大等

Examples from the Corpus

just as good/bad/big etc• And you men and half of Terminus as well are just as bad.• At home it was just as bad.• Now Allan Ahlberg has written two more stories about the same skeletons, and they're just as good.• People accuse the whites of being prejudiced, but blacks can be just as bad.• Virginia says sending them to a sister training program it has established at nearby Mary Baldwin College is just as good.• It was just as good a place as any to get away from Julius for a while.• I would say the top teams are just as good, but the lesser teams have caught up a little bit.• Or something else, just as bad, could happen.

10 just have to do something used to say that someone has to do something because nothing else is possible 〔别无选择而〕只好做某事

Examples from the Corpus

just have to do something• You can have it right back if you want it, you just have to ask.• We just have to do some more throat swabs.• My uncle said that now we ha-ha just have to do this.• She would just have to get out and walk.• I just have to get somewhere soon to sleep.• You don't just have to listen to stories.• That's the trouble with doing all these films and tellies - you just have to remember a little bit for a short take.• Sometimes you just have to tell people what s best for them.

11 not just any used to emphasize that you are talking about a particular thing or person that is especially good or important 不是随便哪一种〔强调所提到的是特别好或重要的事物或人〕

Examples from the Corpus

not just any• Mr Hellyer was not just any adult.• A., not just any burg.• Which is good because this is not just any old brothel.• And not just any old envelope, but a special luxury brand with a griffin watermark.• But then Tim Robbins is not just any old movie star.• But Starr is not just any prosecutor, and this is not just any case.• But Microsoft was not just any software developer.

12 would just as soon PREFERif you would just as soon do something, you would prefer to do it 宁愿，宁可

Examples from the Corpus

would just as soon• I'd just as soon ride with you, if that's okay.• The dismissal of such people would stir up controversy the president would just as soon avoid.• Fiercely individualistic, Texas would just as soon give back the Alamo as institute a state tax.• And they would just as soon I was not there.• After all, he delivers oil to you and would just as soon keep doing it.• Absorbing Costs Self-defeating techniques yield consequences that most organizations would just as soon not deal with.• And a lot of them would just as soon not get this junk e-mail.

13 may just/might just POSSIBLEmight possibly 可能，也许

14 not just yet NOWnot now, but probably soon 此刻尚未，可能很快

Examples from the Corpus

not just yet• I can't leave just yet. I've still got a couple of e-mails to send.• He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon, but not just yet.• In due course she would dispose of it, but not just yet.• No problem, she was told, you can have it - but not just yet.• Tom Tavey was nice, but no, not just yet.

15 just because ... it doesn’t mean ALTHOUGHused to say that, although one thing is true, another thing is not necessarily true 不能因为…就，尽管…也不可以

SPOKEN PHRASES → just the same at same2(3), → just in case at case1(3), → just my luck at luck1(12), → might just as well at might1(9)

n GRAMMAR: Word order

Just comes before a main verb:

I just saw him.

Just comes after ‘be’ when it is the main verb:

She is just seventeen.

Just comes after the first auxiliary verb:

I have just seen him.

✗Don’t say: I just have seen him.

5 FREQUENCY 使用频率

Examples from the Corpus

just• He's just a kid. Don't be so hard on him.• There would be nothing in the Rory Collins thing, she knew that, it was just a wild flirtation.• I just can't believe it.• His car hit a wall, but he escaped with just cuts and bruises.• I was just going to bed, he said.• I just got off the phone with Mrs. Kravitz.• Can you wait five minutes? I just have to iron this.• I just heard the news! Congratulations!• I just made it to class on time.• At the moment we're just making enough money to cover our costs.• "Were there a lot of people there?" "No, just me and David."• "Can I speak to Tony please?'' "Sorry, you've just missed him.''• He started his own small shop - at first just selling newspapers, then books and magazines.• I suppose it's just something that I've learned to live with.• He said he was leaving her and proceeded to do just that!• "Does everyone have to wear uniform?" "No, just the first year students."• He and his brother are just the same -- lazy.• No doubt there are many, but I would like to single out just three.• I didn't mean to interfere - I was just trying to help.• Tree physiology and dendrochronology are just two of the possible applications for portable computer tomography.• Could I just use your phone for a minute?• I think she just wanted someone to talk to.• A new handbag! That's just what I wanted.• I'm not sure just who you mean.

just the thing• You could tell from the eagerness of her smile that a war would be just the thing.• Once, he had considered its aged look as just the thing, after the fashion of the Boston Cracked Shoe look.• Knowles' cures were just the thing, and the price never compounded the ailment.• That's just the thing for the fancy-dress parade!• That's just the thing I was looking for.• For him at that moment, the show was not just the thing, it was the priority.• It sounds just the thing - like fate, really, after what you were saying.• A cup of hot chocolate would be just the thing right now.• Yet, if you show people the ad, they will tell you just the things that the strategy was looking for.• It is all good fun and just the thing to encourage not-especially-musical people to discover that real singers make everything sound great.

just before/after/over etc• He turned, just before going airside.• Congress approved it just before it adjourned last year.• It had been taken in Marbella, just before Renée's death.• A certain tension is present, like the atmosphere in a theater just before the curtain goes up.• The family fled to Hong Kong just after the War, when the Communists were coming to power.

just enough• Dropouts from drama school who had learned just enough about theatricality to make a nuisance of themselves.• Mainly New Zealand wool was used for which just enough foreign currency was released to buy the minimum immediate requirement.• Between Rudolfo and the gamekeeper there's just enough of the land being cultivated for it not to be confiscated.• There will be just enough time for some semblance of the democratic process within the party to operate.• Not enough to start a war; just enough to let me stand my ground without having to think about it first.• Don't over-fill kettles - heat just enough water for your needs.• In any case, he shook it through a sieve to fix its grain size and added just enough water.

just2 /dʒʌst/ adjectiveadj

1 FAIRmorally right and fair 正义的，公正的，公平的

2 DESERVEdeserved by someone 应得的，合理的

—justly adverbadv

These men are criminals, but they must be dealt with justly.

这些人是罪犯，但也必须受到公正的处置。

an achievement of which we can be justly proud

我们有理由引以为傲的一项成就

Examples from the Corpus

just• Many of us did not feel that the court's decision was just.• a just and lasting peace• No just government would allow this kind of treatment of its own citizens.• He was the perfect choice for Emperor -- just, patient, merciful and of royal blood.• The Attorney General called the sentence a fair and just punishment for someone who had committed such a dreadful crime.• a just reward

Origin just2

(1300-1400) French juste, from Latin justus, from jus “right, law”