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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should improve the standard of management to legitimize cyber management, and to humanize services and to make the team of management specialized.
  要在管理水平上提升，做到网络管理法制化、管理服务人性化、管理队伍专业化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。