1. 正好，恰好　 exactly
2. 只是，仅仅　 only; no more than
3. 刚才，方才　 only a short time ago; only now and not sooner
4. 勉强地　 almost not; hardly

　～ finish　刚刚完成
　～ leave　刚刚离开
　～ shut　请关一下
　～ think　试想一下
　～ try　请试一下
　～ at present　刚好在这时，就在目前
　～ in time　正好及时地
　～ now　刚才，眼下，马上
　～ there　就在那儿
　～ after supper　就在晚饭后
　～ after the meeting　就在会议后
　～ as it is　恰好如此，完全照原样
　～ by the river　就在河边
　～ of that place　就在那地方

　I have just had a tooth pulled out and my mouth is very sore.　我刚拔了牙，嘴很疼。
　We've just arrived here, can you arrange for a car for us?　我们新来乍到，你能给我们安排一辆车吗?
　I have just been appointed our firm's representative in Paris.　我刚被委任为我们公司驻巴黎的代表。
　What he has just said does not accord with the views of the majority.　他刚才所说的话与大多数人所持的观点不一致。
　He determined, come what may, to return the visit he had just received.　他决定走了，不管怎样，一定要对刚才对他的拜访作一次回访。
　He's just coming.　他马上就来。
　We're just going to start.　我们很快就开始。
　I am just out of hospital.　我刚刚出院。
　I am only just home from Oxford University.　我刚从牛津大学回来。
　We just need a tent supported on a rigid framework.　我们正需要一座用坚硬的架子支撑的帐篷。
　I was just passing, so I thought I'd blow in for a few minutes.　我正好路过那儿，我想我应该进去看看。
　I was just going out when a call came through on the phone from Tom.　我正要出去时，汤姆打电话来了。
　The two things are so opposed that they just cancel each other out.　这两件事如此截然相反，以致起了相互抵消的作用。
　It is just 12 o'clock in the evening.　现在正好是半夜12点。
　The rope is just long enough.　绳子长度正够。
　That is just what he expected.　那正好是他所期望的事。
　It's just an old rag I had in the closet.　这只不过是我挂在壁橱里的一件旧衣服罢了。
　This is not the original picture, but just a copy of it.　这不是那幅画的原作，只不过是幅复制品。
　You have to assimilate the facts, not just remember them.　你要完全了解这些事实，不只是记得这些事实。
　Employing just one woman among fifty men is only taken recognition of equal rights for the sexes. 　50个男工中雇用了1个女工，此举只不过象征性地承认了男女平等。
　It's just a routine medical examination, nothing to get worried about.　这只是例行常规的身体检查，没有什么可担心的。
　He says he's just an ordinary man, living in an ordinary house, with ordinary hopes and fears.　他说他只是一个普通人，住着平常的房子，怀着寻常的希望和恐惧。
　In his youth he lost several jobs, just because he dared to answer back.　他年轻时，只因为敢于顶嘴而多次失业。
　You do not reply directly; you are just begging the question.　你不直接回答，你只是在回避问题。
　There's just an outside chance we'll get the contract after all.　说到底，我们得到那份合同的希望极其渺茫。
　There was only just room to brush past in the crowd.　在人群中只有探着身子才能过去的空隙。
　In the heavy fog I could just see his face.　在浓雾中我能依稀看见他的面孔。
　He just managed to pass the examination.　他好不容易才考试及格。
　By the time I got to the airport, they were already calling my flight, I just barely made it.　我到机场的时候，已经在叫我这个航班登机了，我好不容易才赶上。
　He only just answered the question.　他勉强地回答了这个问题。
　We only just climbed up the top of the mountains.　我们好容易才爬上了山顶。
　We have only just enough milk to last till Friday.　我们现有的牛奶勉强可以维持到星期五。
　I only just caught the bus this morning.　今天早晨，我刚好赶上公共汽车。
　There are only five minutes to go. You might just manage to get to the station, but you're cutting it rather fine.　只有五分钟了，你可以赶到车站，但时间确实太紧了。
　I just can't believe my eyes.　我简直不能相信我的眼睛。
　The food is just wonderful.　这种食品太好吃了。
　His skill is just marvellous.　他的技艺实在了得。
　The sentence just doesn't make sense.　这个句子简直没有意义。
　It is just beautiful!　这简直太漂亮了！
　The film was just marvelous!　那电影简直棒极了！
　I really didn't know just what profession he practised.　我不知道他究竟从事什么职业。
　Just who was the owner of the house?　到底谁是这幢房子的主人?
　Just who is the pretty girl sitting beside you?　坐在你旁边的那个漂亮女孩究竟是谁呀?
　Just how did you know she was a driver?　你到底怎么知道她是个司机?
　My mother is just coming.　我妈妈就要回来了。
　The door just opens.　门就要开了。
　He came from France last week, just to see us.　他上周从法国专程来看我们。
　Let's take more money than we think we'll need, just to be on the safe side.　为稳妥起见，咱们带的钱要比想象中的需要得多一些。
　It was pleasant just to watch the girl with her bouncing energy and her happy laugh.　看那个女孩生气勃勃开怀大笑的样子令人开心。
　It isn't enough just to cast your eyes over this blue-print; you should make a careful study of it.　这份图纸单是草草过一眼是不够的，你得仔细地推敲推敲。
　Please wait just a few minutes; I'm going to clean myself up.　请稍等几分钟，我洗一下就来。
　Just give me ten minutes to clean myself up; I'm covered in oil.　我浑身沾满了油污，给我十分钟时间去清洗一下。

 ♣ it is just as well
　也是好事，倒也不错　it is a good thing
　〔说明〕 it is just as well作此解时，通常接that从句。
　It is just as well that we didn't go out in this rain.　下雨天，我们没出去倒也是好事。
　I had a puncture so it was just as well I was carrying a spare wheel.　我的车胎被扎破了，幸好我还带了个备用车胎。
 ♣ it would be just as well
　是明智的　it is advisable
　〔说明〕 it is/would be just as well作此解时常接动词不定式。
　It would be just as well to lock the door when you go out.　你出去的时候，最好锁上门。
 ♣ just about
1. 几乎，几近 almost; very nearly
　She was just about his age.　她和他的年龄差不多。
　The accident just about finished his life as a foot-baller.　那场事故几乎结束了他足球运动员的生涯。
2. 大约，大概 approximately
　He should be arriving just about now.　他现在大约该到了。
　They are just about to finish it.　他们大概要做完了。
3. 马上，正要 be about to do
　They were just about to leave when there was a knock on the door.　他们正要离开时，响起了敲门声。
 ♣ just as one〔it is〕
　不特意装饰或改变；保持原样　without any special decoration or alteration
　Tell her to come to the party just as she is.　告诉她，就像现在这样来参加聚会就行。
　The trousers are rather long, but I'll take them just as they are.　这条裤子有点儿长，但我还是买下了。
 ♣ just in case
　以防万一　as a precaution
　It's usually not hard to get this kind of ticket, but start early, just in case.　买这种票平常并不难，但还是早点走，以防万一。
 ♣ just like that
　突然，冷不防地；莫名其妙地　suddenly, without warning or explanation
　He walked out on his wife just like that!　他突然抛弃了妻子。
 ♣ just now
1. 刚才，刚刚 only a short time ago, a moment ago or so
　〔说明〕 just now作此解时多用于一般过去时。
　I saw him just now.　我刚刚看到他了。
　He said that another test would be needed, adding that preparations must be made just now.　他说需要再做一次试验，接着又说，必须立即做好准备。
　He caught me out just now with a question on English grammar.　他刚才问了我一个英语语法方面的问题，可把我难住了。
2. 现在，此时 at this very moment
　〔说明〕 just now作此解时多用于一般现在时或现在进行时。
　Come and see me later, but not just now.　以后再来找我，现在别来。
　Good fruit is scarce just now, and costs a lot.　现时好水果很少，且价格昂贵。
3. 立刻，正要 be about to do
　〔说明〕 just now作此解时多用于现在进行时、一般将来时或将来进行时。
　I'm going to the hospital just now.　我正要去医院。
　I'll be seeing him just now.　我一会儿就去看他。
 ♣ just so
1. 有条理的，井然 performed or arranged with precision
　She cannot bear an untidy desk. Everything must be just so.　她就怕书桌上凌乱，样样东西都必须井井有条。
　If everything isn't just so, he gets angry.　如果事情不料理得井井有条，他会生气的。
　I like to keep these books just so.　我喜欢把书放得整整齐齐的。
2. 精确地 precisely
　You think that muggers should be punished more severely?Just so, I'm in total agreement.　你认为行凶抢劫者应该受到更严厉的制裁?完全正确，我举双手赞成。
 ♣ just the same
1. 同样的，完全相同的 identical
　These two pictures are just the same.　这两幅画完全相同。
　You can hand in your paper now or leave it till later; it's just the same to me.　你可以现在交作业或留待以后交，对我来说随便怎么都行。
2. 仍然，还是 nevertheless
　The sun's out, but I'll take a raincoat just the same.　尽管是晴天，但我还是要带上雨衣。
 ♣ not just yet
　并非现在，但可能不久　not at this present moment but probably quite soon
　I'm not through just yet; I should be finished in an hour.　我还没做完，再过一小时就可做完了。
　I think it wouldn't be wise to mention it to her just yet.　我认为，现在向她提起这件事不明智。
 ♣ one might just as well be〔do〕 sth
　这样也好　one would not benefit from being or doing otherwise
　The weather was so bad on holiday we might just as well have stayed at home.　假日的天气很坏，我们呆在家里也不错。

 ♣ just not, not just
　这两个同构异序的短语意思并不相同：just not作“差一点儿不，根本不”解，而not just...(but)的意思是“不仅…（还…)”。 试比较：

 ♣ just, justly
　justly　是由just（形容词）派生来的副词，作“公正地，正当地”解。不能把它和just（副词）混淆。试比较：

 ♣ just, alone
　参见alone条。

　这不是他所很想要的。
　［误］ It is just not what he wanted.
　［正］ It is not quite what he wanted.
　［析］ just作“恰好，正是”解时，一般不用于否定句，表示此意的否定句要用not quite.

1. 美式英语中常用right now代替just now.
2. just作副词时有时还可修饰名词。例如：
　Just two days ago I saw him.　就在两天前，我还见过他。

1. 公道的；公正的；公平的　 acting or being in accordance with what is morally right and proper; fair
2. 合理的，有充分根据的　 reasonable; well-founded

　～ action　正义的行动
　～ anger　有缘由的怒气
　～ cause　正义的事业
　～ conduct　公正的行动
　～ decision　公正的裁决
　～ description　真实的描述
　～ fear　有理由的害怕
　～ indignation　义愤
　～ life　正直的生活
　～ man　正直的人
　～ opinion　合理的意见
　～ praise　应得的称赞
　～ price　公平的价格
　～ sentence　公正的判决
　～ stand　正确的立场
　～ war　正义的战争
　～ in one's dealings　待人处事正直
　～ to people　对人诚实（真诚）
　～ towards　对…公正的

　It is a just but not generous decision.　这是一个公正但并非宽容的决定。
　She has received a just reward.　她得到了应得的回报。
　He was a just man, listening to both sides of every complaint.　他是个公正的人，对每件控诉的事情都能兼听双方的意见。
　We resolutely support your just struggle for national liberation.　我们坚决支持你们争取民族解放的正义斗争。
　There's no doubt that your just cause will triumph throughout the world.　毫无疑问，你们的正义事业必将在全世界取得胜利。
　This is a perfectly just and proper measure of self-defence.　这是完全合理和正当的自卫措施。
　We entirely support your just position on this matter.　在这个问题上，我们完全支持你们的公正立场。
　The state must protect the just rights and interests of the people.　国家必须保护人民的正当权利和利益。

　We hold that their proposal is just and reasonable.　我们认为，他们的建议是合情合理的。

　He is just in his dealings.　他做生意公道。
　We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations.　我们希望对如此困难的局面应有一个公正的认识。
　We must deal with the matter seriously so as to be just to all the people concerned.　我们必须认真处理这件事，做到对有关的人都公正。

　It is just that you should be rewarded.　你们得到报酬是应该的。

 ♣ just, fair
　参见fair条。

　just　在句中的位置不同，所强调的成分也不同。例如：

　［同义词］ adj. blameless, correct, deserved, exact, good, faithful, honest, impartial
　［反义词］ adj. unjust, partial, biased
　［词源］　拉丁语justus（正好，恰好，正文的）