just
adverb /dʒʌst/
/dʒʌst/
Idioms - only
仅仅；只不过 - There is just one method that might work.
只有一个方法可能起作用。 - just for something I decided to learn Japanese just for fun.
我决定学日语只是为了好玩。 - just to do something I waited an hour just to see you.
我等了一个小时只是为了见你。 - ‘Can I help you?’ ‘No thanks, I'm just looking.’ (= in a shop)
“我能为你做点什么吗？” “不用，谢谢，我只是看看。”
- There is just one method that might work.
- simply
只是；仅仅是 - It was just an ordinary day.
那只是普普通通的一天。 - I just want to help.
我只想帮忙。 - I just think you should wait a bit.
我只是觉得你应该等一会儿。 - We'll just have to hope for the best.
我们只能抱最好的希望。 - I'm just saying there are risks involved.
我只是说这有风险。 - I'm just glad you're OK.
我只是很高兴你没事。 - (informal) That's just plain stupid.
那真是十足的愚蠢！ - I can't just drop all my commitments.
我答应要干的事不能甩手不管。 - This essay is just not good enough.
这篇文章实在是不够好。 - I didn't mean to upset you. It's just that I had to tell somebody.
我本不想烦你，只是我非得找个人说说。 - This is not just another disaster movie—it's a masterpiece.
不能说它只是又一部灾难片，它是一部杰作。 - It has to be green—and not just any green, but a very precise shade of olive.
它必须是绿色的——不仅仅是任何绿色，而是一种非常精确的橄榄色。 - Just because you're older than me doesn't mean you know everything.
你比我年长并不意味着你什么都知道。 - (informal) It just kind of happened.
就这么发生了。 - If she doesn't like, that's just too bad.
如果她不喜欢，那就太糟糕了。 - I'm just so sick of this.
我受够了。 - They just never give up.
他们只是从不放弃。
- It was just an ordinary day.
- by a small amount
刚好；差一点就不；勉强 - You've just missed her.
你刚刚错过了她。 - They just made it, boarding the aircraft minutes before take-off.
他们成功了，在起飞前几分钟登上了飞机。 - I only just caught the train.
我差一点没赶上火车。 - just over something Inflation fell to just over 4 per cent.
通货膨胀降至 4% 多一点。 - just under something The painting sold for just under £6 million.
这幅画卖了不到600万英镑。 - just after/before something I got here just after nine.
我到达这里时刚过九点。 - just after/before… They must have got there just before I did.
他们一定比我先到那里。 - just prior to something He visited Guatemala just prior to his death.
他在死前访问了危地马拉。 - just short of something They're now the largest party, through just short of an overall majority.
他们现在是最大的政党，只差一点点就获得多数席位。
- You've just missed her.
- used to say that you/somebody did something or something happened very recently
刚才；方才 - I've just heard the news.
我刚听到这个消息。 - When you arrived, he had only just left.
你到时他刚走。 - She has just been telling us about her trip to Rome.
她刚才一直在给我们讲她的罗马之行。 - (especially North American English) I just saw him a moment ago.
我刚才还见到过他。 - (especially North American English) She was just here.
她刚刚还在这里。 - Just last week it was snowing and now it's 25 degrees.
就在上周还在下雪，现在已经25度了。
British/American already / just / yetalready / just / yet- Already and yet are usually used with the present perfect tense, but in North American English they can also be used with the simple past tense:
- I already did it.
我已经完成了。 - Did you eat yet?
你吃饭了吗？
- I already did it.
- However, this is much more common in spoken than in written English and some Americans do not consider it acceptable, even in speech. The present perfect is more common in North American English and almost always used in British English:
- I’ve already done it.
我已经完成了。 - Have you eaten yet?
你吃饭了吗？
- I already knew this because Mike had told me.
我已经知道了，因为迈克已经告诉我了。
- I’ve already done it.
- Just is mostly used with the perfect tenses in British English and with the simple past in North American English:
- (British English) I’ve just had some bad news.
我刚刚得到一些坏消息。 - (North American English) I just got some bad news.
我刚得到个坏消息。
- (British English) I’ve just had some bad news.
- I've just heard the news.
- at this/that moment; now
此时；那时；眼下；现在 - I'm just finishing my book.
眼下我正在完成我的一本书。 - I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to leave.
我刚开始玩得起劲我们就得离开了。 - I'm just off (= I am leaving now).
我要走了。
- I'm just finishing my book.
- exactly
正好；恰好 - This jacket is just my size.
这件夹克正合我的尺码。 - With him, everything always has to to be just right.
对他来说，一切都要恰到好处。 - This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out.
这小玩意儿用来起那些钉子正合适。 - Just my luck (= the sort of bad luck I usually have). My phone needs recharging.
只是我运气不好。我的手机需要充电。 - You're just in time.
你来得正是时候。 - just like somebody/something She looks just like her mother.
她看上去就像她母亲。 - just what… It's just what I wanted!
这正是我想要的！ - just as… It's just as I thought.
我正是这样想的。 - just on something (British English) It's just on six (= exactly six o'clock).
现在六点整。
- This jacket is just my size.
- just as… at the same moment as
正当…时 - The clock struck six just as I arrived.
我到达时，时钟正敲六点。
- The clock struck six just as I arrived.
- just as good, nice, easily, etc. no less than; equally
不亚于；同样 - She's just as smart as her sister.
她与她姐姐一样聪明。 - You can get there just as cheaply by plane.
你坐飞机到那儿同样便宜。
- She's just as smart as her sister.
- going to do something only a few moments from now or then
正要；正准备；马上就要 - just about to do something The water's just about to boil.
水马上就要开了。 - just going to do something I was just going to tell you when you interrupted.
我正准备告诉你，你突然把话打断了。
- just about to do something The water's just about to boil.
- (informal) really; completely
真正地；确实；完全 - The food was just wonderful!
那吃的实在是好极了！ - The trip was just amazing!
这次旅行太棒了！ - Relax—you're doing just fine.
放松——你做得很好。 - I can just imagine his reaction.
我完全可以想象出他的反应。
- The food was just wonderful!
- used in orders to get somebody’s attention, give permission, etc.
（引起注意、表示允许等）请，就 - Just listen to what I'm saying, will you!
你就听我说好吗？ - Just help yourselves.
请大家随便吃。
- Just listen to what I'm saying, will you!
- used to make a polite request, excuse, etc.
（提出请求、表示歉意等）请 - Could you just help me with this box, please?
请帮我搬一搬这箱子好吗？ - I've just got a few things to do first.
对不起，我正好有点事要先做。
- Could you just help me with this box, please?
- could/might/may just used to show a slight possibility that something is true or will happen
（表示稍有可能）可能，也许 - Try asking Mike—he might just know the answer.
试着问迈克——他可能知道答案。
- Try asking Mike—he might just know the answer.
- used to agree with somebody
（表示赞同） - ‘He's very pompous.’ ‘Isn't he just?’
“他很自负。” “可不是吗？”
- ‘He's very pompous.’ ‘Isn't he just?’
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus ‘law, right’.
Idioms
could/might just as well…
- used to say that you/somebody would have been in the same position if you had done something else, because you got little benefit or pleasure from what you did do
不如；还是…的好 - The weather was so bad we might just as well have stayed at home.
天气糟糕透了，还不如待在家里好。
- The weather was so bad we might just as well have stayed at home.
(just) in case (…)
- because of the possibility of something happening
以防；以防万一 - You'd better take the keys in case I'm out.
你最好带上钥匙以防我不在家。 - You probably won't need to call—but take my number, just in case.
你很可能无需打电话，不过还是记下我的电话号码吧，以防万一。 - In case (= if it is true that) you’re wondering why Jo’s here—let me explain…
我来解释一下吧，免得你奇怪乔为什么在这儿。
- You'd better take the keys in case I'm out.
it is just as well (that…)
- it is a good thing
（…）还好，倒也不错，还可以 - It is just as well that we didn't leave any later or we'd have missed him.
还好，我们没有晚些离开，要不然我们就见不到他了。
- It is just as well that we didn't leave any later or we'd have missed him.
I, etc. would just as soon do something
- used to say that you would equally well like to do something as do something else that has been suggested
乐意做某事（同时也乐意做所建议的事） - I'd just as soon stay at home as go out tonight.
今晚待在家里或出去我都乐意。
- I'd just as soon stay at home as go out tonight.
just about (informal)
- almost; very nearly
几乎；近乎；差不多 - I've met just about everyone.
我几乎每个人都见到了。 - ‘Did you reach your sales target?’ ‘Just about.’
“你的销售目标达到了吗？” “差不多了。”
- I've met just about everyone.
- approximately
大概；大约 - She should be arriving just about now.
她现在该到了。
- She should be arriving just about now.
just like that
- suddenly, without warning or explanation
（就是那样）突如其来，冷不防，不加解释
just a minute/moment/second
- (informal) used to ask somebody to wait for a short time
稍等一会儿；请稍候 - ‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’
“我可以见伯恩斯先生吗？” “请稍等一会儿，我来查一下。”
- ‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’
just now
- at this moment
此时；此刻；眼下 - Come and see me later—I'm busy just now.
过些时候再来，我这会儿正忙着呢。
- Come and see me later—I'm busy just now.
- during this present period
目前；现阶段 - Business is good just now.
目前生意很红火。
- Business is good just now.
- only a short time ago
刚才；刚刚；一会儿前 - I saw her just now.
我刚刚见到过她。
- I saw her just now.
- (South African English, informal) later; in a short period of time
以后；一会儿后
just so
- done or arranged very accurately or carefully
（做或安排得）井井有条，有条不紊 - He liked polishing the furniture and making everything just so.
他喜欢把家具擦得亮亮的，一切都安排得井井有条。
- He liked polishing the furniture and making everything just so.
just then
- at that moment
那时；就在那时 - Just then, someone knocked at the front door.
就在那时，大门口有人敲门。
- Just then, someone knocked at the front door.
just the ticket
(British English also just the job)
- (informal, approving) exactly what is needed in a particular situation
正需要的东西；求之不得的东西 - That cup of tea was just the ticket.
那杯茶正合我意。
- That cup of tea was just the ticket.
let's just say
- used when commenting on a situation to suggest that you could say something more or worse but prefer not to
此时；那时；眼下；现在 - Let's just say he wasn't very happy about the decision (= he was very unhappy or angry about it).
只能说他对这个决定不太满意。
- Let's just say he wasn't very happy about the decision (= he was very unhappy or angry about it).
not just yet
- not now but probably quite soon
这会儿还不；尚未但可能很快 - I can't give you the money just yet.
我这会儿还不能给你钱。
- I can't give you the money just yet.