Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.

只有时间能证明布劳顿的乐观有没有道理。

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Mr. Simon said he was not against taxes as such, "but I do object when taxation is justified on spurious or dishonest grounds," he says.

西蒙先生说过他并不反对税收本身，“但我确实反对以无根据或不诚实的理由征税，”他说道。

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The Pope's concern is justified.

教皇的关心是有道理的。

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Politicians from both sides have said that, because more people died under communism than under fascism, the law is justified.

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Aristotle agrees with those who deny that slavery is justified by war or conquest.

亚里士多德同意那些,反对用战争或征服作为借口的奴役。

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Joe says it is theft, maybe in an extreme case it's justified, maybe a parent is justified in stealing a loaf of bread to feed his or her hungry family.

乔说这是盗窃，但在极端情况下也许可以原谅，例如为了养活饥饿的家人,而去偷面包的家长。

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That points to the second area where government action is justified in energy policy: subsidy reform.

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But South Africa's President Nelson Mandela now accepts that intervention to save Mr Kabila is justified.

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"In reality there are few circumstances in which covert monitoring is justified, " he said.

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