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🔑 just BrE /dʒʌst / NAmE /dʒʌst / adverb 🔑 exactly ◆ This jacket is just my size . ◆ This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out . ◆ Just my luck (= the sort of bad luck I usually have . The phone's not working . ◆ You're just in time . ◆ ~ like… She looks just like her mother . ◆ ~ what… It's just what I wanted ! ◆ ~ as… It's just as I thought . ◆ (BrE It's just on six (= exactly six o'clock . 🔑 ~ as… at the same moment as ◆ The clock struck six just as I arrived . 🔑 ~ as good , nice , easily , etc .no less than ; equally ◆ She's just as smart as her sister . ◆ You can get there just as cheaply by plane . 🔑 (only ) ~ | ~ after , before , under , etc . sth by a small amount ◆ I got here just after nine . ◆ I only just caught the train . ◆ Inflation fell to just over 4 per cent . 🔑 used to say that you /sb did sth very recently ◆ I've just heard the news . ◆ When you arrived he had only just left . ◆ She has just been telling us about her trip to Rome . ◆ (especially NAmE I just saw him a moment ago . already / just / yet Already and yet are usually used with the present perfect tense, but in NAmE * already 和 yet 通常与现在完成时连用，但在美式英语中还可与简单过去时连用 ： ◆ I already did it. 我已经完成了。 ◆ Did you eat yet? 你吃饭了吗？ 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 NAmE BrE 不过，此用法多见于口语，而且有些美国人认为，即使在口语中此用法也不可取。在美式英语中较常用现在完成时，在英式英语中则几乎总是用现在完成时表示 ： ◆ I've already done it. 我已经完成了。 ◆ Have you eaten yet? 你吃饭了吗？ Just is mostly used with the perfect tenses in BrE NAmE * just 在英式英语中多与完成时连用，在美式英语中则多与一般过去时连用 ： ◆ (BrE I've just had some bad news. ◆ (NAmE I just got some bad news. 我刚得到个坏消息。 🔑 at this /that moment ; now ◆ I'm just finishing my book . ◆ I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to leave . ◆ I'm just off (= I am leaving now . 🔑 ~ about /going to do sth going to do sth only a few moments from now or then ◆ The water's just about to boil . ◆ I was just going to tell you when you interrupted . 🔑 simply ◆ It was just an ordinary day . ◆ I can't just drop all my commitments . ◆ This essay is just not good enough . ◆ I didn't mean to upset you . It's just that I had to tell somebody . ◆ This is not just another disaster movie —it's a masterpiece . ◆ Just because you're older than me doesn't mean you know everything . 🔑 only ◆ ~ (for sth )I decided to learn Japanese just for fun . ◆ ~ (to do sth )I waited an hour just to see you . ◆ There is just one method that might work . ◆ 'Can I help you ?' 'No thanks , I'm just looking .' (= in a shop /store (informal really ; completely ◆ The food was just wonderful ! ◆ I can just imagine his reaction . used in orders to get sb's attention , give permission , etc . ◆ Just listen to what I'm saying , will you ! ◆ Just help yourselves . used to make a polite request , excuse , etc . ◆ Could you just help me with this box , please ? ◆ I've just got a few things to do first . could /might /may ~ used to show a slight possibility that sth is true or will happen ◆ Try his home number —he might just be there . used to agree with sb ◆ 'He's very pompous .' 'Isn't he just ?' ● could /might just as well… used to say that you /sb would have been in the same position if you had done sth else , because you got little benefit or enjoyment from what you did do ◆ The weather was so bad we might just as well have stayed at home . ● it is just as ˈwell (that… )it is a good thing ◆ It is just as well that we didn't leave any later or we'd have missed him . ● just about (informal 🔑 almost ; very nearly ◆ I've met just about everyone . ◆ 'Did you reach your sales target ?' 'Just about .' 🔑 approximately ◆ She should be arriving just about now . ● just a ˈminute /ˈmoment /ˈsecond 🔑 (informal used to ask sb to wait for a short time ◆ 'Is Mr Burns available ?' 'Just a second , please , I'll check .' ● just like ˈthat suddenly , without warning or explanation ● just ˈnow 🔑 at this moment ◆ Come and see me later —I'm busy just now . 🔑 during this present period ◆ Business is good just now . 🔑 only a short time ago ◆ I saw her just now . (SAfrE informal later ; in a short period of time ● just ˈso done or arranged very accurately or carefully ◆ He liked polishing the furniture and making everything just so . ● just ˈthen 🔑 at that moment ◆ Just then , someone knocked at the front door . ● not just ˈyet not now but probably quite soon ◆ I can't give you the money just yet . ● I , etc . would just as soon do sth used to say that you would equally well like to do sth as do sth else that has been suggested ◆ I'd just as soon stay at home as go out tonight . ● (just ) in case (… ) 🔑 because of the possibility of sth happening ◆ You'd better take the keys in case I'm out . ◆ You probably won't need to call —but take my number , just in case . ◆ In case (= if it is true that you're wondering why Jo's here —let me explain… ● just the ˈticket (BrE also just the ˈjob (informal approving exactly what is needed in a particular situation 🔑 just BrE /dʒʌst / NAmE /dʒʌst / adjective [ usually before noun ] that most people consider to be morally fair and reasonable SYN fair ◆ a just decision /law /society the just noun [ pl. ] people who are just appropriate in a particular situation ◆ a just reward /punishment ◆ I think she got her just deserts (= what she deserved . OPP unjust ▸ just·ly BrE /ˈdʒʌstli / NAmE /ˈdʒʌstli / adverb ◆ to be treated justly ◆ to be justly proud of sth
