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

• Grails aims to address those concerns and legitimize rapid application development ( RAD) for the enterprise.
  Grails旨在解决那些关注点，并证明快速应用开发（RAD）对企业是可行的。
• 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。
• 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。
• I think the greatest threat will be the day the Party fails to provide growth for the people ( which WILL come some day) and needs to find a different way to legitimize their rule.
  我认为现在最大的威胁是党没有办法为人们提供更多的发展空间（早晚会到来）和如何找到不同的方式把他们的统治合法化。
• Edited by Bekoff, who says it will finally "legitimize" research on animal emotions.
  柏柯夫担任此书编辑，他认为这将最终“认可”动物情感的研究。
• While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair.
  虽然美国宪法将这样的项目列为非法，但美国政府认为，在世界不允许发现的、秘密法庭的裁决下，某种程度上可以使得这种非法的事情合法化。
• And use gambling to legitimize it?
  用来赌博使之合法化？
• 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。
• The system of the presumption and negation of natural children and the system of claim and legitimation of natural children are provisions in most countries 'legislations, which formally legitimize the relative equal status of natural children.
  许多国家法律中规定了非婚生子女的推定与否认制度、非婚生子女的认领与准正制度，在形式上给予了非婚生子女相对较为平等的法律地位。