a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;

"he kept finding excuses to stay"

"every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"

"his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

yes, apple has always held that market share didn「t matter as much as profitability, but that attitude seemed increasingly like a defensive self-justification as its market share bottomed near 3%.

是的，苹果即使长期保持着同样的市场份额也不会影响其获利，但这态度看上去就像是自我防御，其市场份额近乎低的只剩3%。

in anders behring breivik」s ideological self-justification as well as in reactions to his murderous act there are things that should make us think.

在安德斯·贝林·布雷维克（andersbehringbreivik）的意识形态自我辩护，及其谋杀行动的回应中，有一些值得我们思考的东西。

let us take hold of our freedom in christ and lay aside the despair and self-justification that hamper our ministries.

让我们警守在基督里的自由，丢开绝望和自义，不要让它挡阻我们的事工。

the prime minister returned to brussels with a letter long on self-justification and promises, most old and some new.

他第二次峰会回到布鲁塞尔时带来的信里充满了自我辩解以及各种承诺，其中大多承诺都是老生常谈，只有少数是新的。

the demon's weak attempt at self-justification did not deceive either of the horrified night elves.

恶魔苍白无力的自我辩解很显然没有骗到两位被震动的暗夜精灵。

it is in that process of reducing dissonance that the self-justification accelerator is throttled up.

就是在减轻这种失调的过程当中，自我合理化的加速器才开大起来。

the second change, motivated reasoning, is self-justification at its purest. we change our cognitions or even create new ones to allow ourselves to do what we want to do.

第二个变化是理性的说服自己，：人们为了达到自己想做的事会改变认识甚至创造出新的想法。

interpretation of escalation of commitment based on an experiment research: self-justification theory or prospect theory;

基于实验研究的恶性增资行为解释：自辨理论还是前景理论?。

if self-loathing in the face of the law makes us hate god, self-justification can make us deny the need for god.

如果在律法面前的处怨自艾导致我们恨恶上帝，那么自我为义则导致我们不需要上帝。

the most amusing thing about this dream is the sort of defensive process that goes on in the mind in search of self-justification or explanation.

关于这个梦最能令人让人愉悦的事就是他们思想上寻求以及探索的自卫性的过程。