rationalized

英 [ˈræʃnəlaɪzd]

美 [ˈræʃnəlaɪzd]

v.  对…进行理性的解释; 对…加以科学的说明; 使合理化; 进行合理化改革; 使有经济效益
rationalize的过去分词和过去式

过去式：rationalized　过去分词：rationalized　

BNC.43147 / COCA.35433

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 rationalise


• VERB 使…合理化;对…进行理性解释
  If you try torationalizeattitudes or actions that are difficult to accept, you think of reasons to justify or explain them.
  1. He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace...
     他坚信自己实际上是在促进和平，以此进一步将自己的行为合理化。
  2. I poured my thoughts out on paper in an attempt to rationalize my feelings.
     我把自己的想法一股脑地写在纸上，以试图给自己的感受找个说辞。
• VERB 精简;（通常指通过削减员工和设备）使更有效率
  When a company, system, or industryis rationalized, it is made more efficient, usually by getting rid of staff and equipment that are not essential.
  1. The network of 366 local offices is being rationalised to leave the company with 150 to 200 larger branch offices.
     该公司曾经拥有的366个地方办事处正被精简为150到200个规模较大的分支机构。

双语例句

• Life has been rationalized by science.
  科学已将生活合理化。
• He rationalized his decision to leave the job by saying that he wanted to spend more time with his family.
  他阐述了决定辞职的理由，说他想多花些时间和家人在一起。
• Economic rationality is a process of applying rationalized capability with the realization of its maximum interests as its core, so it is a kind of bounded rationality.
  摘要经济理性是一个具体运用理性化能力的过程，它以追求自身利益的最大化为核心，它是一种有界理性。
• A rationalized config system make it easier and more predictable to set up your Touch app.
  更合理的配置系统，让设定Touchapp的过程更检验，更易于理解。
• But in the United States, some degree of animal suffering is rationalized in the name of learning.
  但是在美国，为达到求知目的而使动物承受一定程度的痛苦则是合法的。
• The condition of women employment has remained stable, and the employment structure is being rationalized.
  妇女就业状况稳定，就业结构趋于合理。
• Many of the above-mentioned trends can be rationalized in terms of quasi-steady diffusion theory.
  上述的许多问题可用准稳态扩散理论加以推理。
• At the same time, the plight of the poor remains ignored, or even rationalized in various ways.
  同时，他们对穷人的境遇要么漠然置之，要么就用各种方式将贫富分化的状况合理化。
• But these kinds of rationalized decisions can spin out of control.
  但这种自欺欺人的决定可能会失去控制。
• He rationalized his cheating by saying that everyone else cheated.
  他用大家都作弊为自己的作弊行为文过饰非。