just

• adv. 只是，僅僅；剛才，剛剛；正好，恰好；實(shí)在；剛要
• adj. 公正的，合理的；正直的，正義的；正確的；公平的；應(yīng)得的
• n. (Just)人名；(英)賈斯特；(法)朱斯特；(德、匈、波、捷、挪)尤斯特；(西)胡斯特

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)iustus,公正的，正直的，來(lái)自ius,法律，權(quán)利，正義，來(lái)自古拉丁語(yǔ)ious,神圣的語(yǔ)言，來(lái)自PIE*yewes,法規(guī)，法則，詞源同judge,jury.該詞原為古代宗教儀式術(shù)語(yǔ)，宗教儀式有著固定的程序和規(guī)則，以及繁瑣的禮節(jié)并向天，地，神起誓的固定用語(yǔ)，因此，引申出法律，發(fā)誓這兩個(gè)主要詞義。

來(lái)自just,公正的，正義的，引申詞義準(zhǔn)確的，精確的，最終引申副詞詞義僅僅，剛好，剛剛等。詞義演變比較even,fair,very.

just

just: [14] Latin jūs originated in the terminology of religious cults, perhaps to begin with signifying something like ‘sacred formula’. By classical times, however, it denoted ‘right’, and particularly ‘legal right, law’, and it has provided English with a number of words connected with ‘rightness’ in general and with the process of law. The derived adjective jūstus has produced just and, by further derivation, justice [12] and justify [14].

The stem form jūr- has given injury, jury [14], objurgate [17], and perjury [14]. And combination with the element -dic- ‘say’ has produced judge, judicial, juridical, and jurisdiction. Not part of the same word family, however, is adjust [17], which comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *adjuxtāre ‘put close to’, a compound verb based on Latin juxtā ‘close’ (whence English juxtaposition).
=> injury, judge, jury, objurgate, perjury

just (adj.)

late 14c., "righteous in the eyes of God; upright, equitable, impartial; justifiable, reasonable," from Old French juste "just, righteous; sincere" (12c.), from Latin iustus "upright, equitable," from ius "right," especially "legal right, law," from Old Latin ious, perhaps literally "sacred formula," a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from PIE root *yewes- "law" (cognates: Avestan yaozda- "make ritually pure;" see jurist). The more mundane Latin law-word lex covered specific laws as opposed to the body of laws. The noun meaning "righteous person or persons" is from late 14c.

just (adv.)

"merely, barely," 1660s, from Middle English sense of "exactly, precisely, punctually" (c. 1400), from just (adj.), and paralleling the adverbial use of French juste. Just-so story first attested 1902 in Kipling, from the expression just so "exactly that, in that very way" (1751).

1. If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.

對(duì)于現(xiàn)況的不滿(mǎn)，不能只是抱怨，要有勇氣作出改變。

來(lái)自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. It was just then that I chanced to look round.

就在那時(shí)，我恰好環(huán)顧了下四周。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.

我真的不理解這到底有什么意義，簡(jiǎn)直是愚蠢透頂。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.

他勉強(qiáng)能看到柜臺(tái)后面的小個(gè)子男人。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth.

他說(shuō)了些謊，有時(shí)只是對(duì)事實(shí)添油加醋了一番。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句