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

• 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。
• 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。
• I'll be able to legitimize everything.
  我就能让任何东西变合法。
• During the May Fourth Movement, tradition was not used as a knowledge resource to legitimize the political system, but began to change from a knowledge to an academic resource.
  透过《新青年》文本可知，五四一代关于传统的立场，主要体现在不把传统作为政治制度合法性的知识资源，传统也因此呈现由知识资源向学术资源的过渡。
• Those pre-conditions would apply that we wouldn't legitimize with a face to face meeting, a person like Ahmadinejad.
  而那些前提条件涉及我们不会以面对面的会议去合法化，类似于内贾德那样的人。
• And use gambling to legitimize it?
  用来赌博使之合法化？
• 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。
• 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。
• The focus has shifted from efforts to legitimize competition laws as a necessary element of universal economic policy to the pursuit of internationally acceptable and effective means for assuring and regulating business competition on a global scale.
  过去制定竞争法被认为是普遍经济政策的要素，现在的焦点则转向追求能够被各国所接受的保护和管理全球竞争的有效方法。
• 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。