justify the state

But here he was pledged to defend, on the part of his betrothed's cousin, conduct that, on his own wife's part, would justify him in calling down on her all the thunders of Church and State.

不过，他在这里发誓为之辩护的未婚妻的表姐的那些行为，若是出现在自己妻子身上，他即使请求教会和国家给她最严厉的惩罚也会是正当的。

This was a rare opportunity for Britain's beleaguered secret state to justify itself, and tell its side of the story.

对这个饱受批评的英国秘密机构而言，此乃验明正身﹑声张己见的难得良机。

And then in will to power 1052 the note says that in the Dionysian state, quote: being is characterized as holding enough to justify even a monstrous amount of suffering.

在《权力意志》1052中说道，在酒神世界里：存在的特征是，能够承受并为巨大的，苦难辩护。