legitimize

英 [lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz]

美 [lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz]

v.  使(坏事或不正当的事)看起来可以接受; 使合法; 赋予(非婚生子)合法权利

过去分词：legitimized　过去式：legitimized　第三人称单数：legitimizes　现在分词：legitimizing　

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.23138 / COCA.11516

牛津词典

verb

• 使（坏事或不正当的事）看起来可以接受
  to make sth that is wrong or unfair seem acceptable
  1. The movie has been criticized for apparently legitimizing violence.
     这部电影因明显地美化暴力而受到了指责。
• 使合法
  to make sth legal
• 赋予（非婚生子）合法权利
  to give a child whose parents are not married to each other the same rights as those whose parents are

柯林斯词典

The spellings legitimise in British English, and legitimatize in American English are also used. 亦拼作legitimise（英国英语）和legitimatize（美国英语）。


• VERB 使（尤其是坏事）合法化；正式批准（或认可）；证明…为有理（或正当）
  Tolegitimizesomething, especially something bad, means to officially allow it, approve it, or make it seem acceptable.
  1. They will accept no agreement that legitimizes the ethnic division of the country...
     他们不会接受任何使国家民族分裂合法化的协议。
  2. Images which glorify violence and cruelty, serve to legitimise such behaviour.
     这些美化暴力和暴行的图片，就是要使此等行为合理化。

英英释义

verb

• make legal
  1. Marijuana should be legalized
  Synonym:legalizelegalisedecriminalizedecriminaliselegitimiselegitimatelegitimatizelegitimatise

双语例句

• The queen and I will sign a treaty that will legitimize our occupation here.
  我要女王和我签署一个协议，使这行动合法化。
• Mussolini's use of symbols from ancient Rome to try to legitimize fascist policies.
  墨索里尼企图使法西斯政策正当化而使用古罗马的标志。
• Contractor "Jack" wants the government to legitimize a critical labor force.
  承包商杰克希望政府使这部分重要的劳动力合法化。
• They will accept no agreement that legitimizes the ethnic division of the country
  他们不会接受任何使国家民族分裂合法化的协议。
• Efforts have been made in this paper to discuss the national duty for compensation in the perspective of legal philosophy and to justify and legitimize the institution of national compensation for criminal victims.
  文章从法哲学的视角论证国家应当承担补偿义务，并论证设置犯罪被害人国家补偿制度的正当性与合法性。
• They decided to legitimize their business relationship.
  他们决定使他们的商业关系合法化。
• If IBM can help legitimize the use of iPhones and iPads in enterprise, BlackBerry will be left with nowhere else to go.
  如果在IBM的帮助下，iPhone和iPad在企业里成了主流，那么黑莓就再没有地方可去了。
• On the other hand, if God does not exist, we find no values or commands to turn to which legitimize our conduct.
  另一方面，如果上帝不存在，我们便找不到可参照的价值或可服从的命令来认可自己的行为。
• Especially in Egypt, it was intended to legitimize the privileged status of the Hellene relative to the "native" Egyptian.
  特别是在埃及，这是相对于“本土”埃及的人来说所拥有的特权地位。
• In the ensuing Sui dynasty, Confucianism and Taoism were again fused with Buddhism to legitimize it.
  接下来的隋朝，统治者又将儒教道教与佛教混合起来合法化其权利。