网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 legalize
释义
legalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallylegalise)
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl.aɪz/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl.aɪz/
toallowsomething bylaw:
使获得法律许可，使合法化
Same-sexmarriageshave been legalized in manystates.同性恋婚姻在很多州已经合法化了。
Synonym
decriminalize
Opposites
criminalize
outlaw
Compare
legitimizeformal
legitimateverb
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
UK politics: legislation & law-making
  • abolish
  • abrogate
  • abrogation
  • amend
  • amendment
  • assemblyman
  • constitutional
  • enforce
  • gold plate
  • Green Paper
  • guillotine
  • hard Brexitidiom
  • jurisprudence
  • Prime Minister's Questions
  • private member's bill
  • prohibit
  • prohibition
  • promulgation
  • sanction
  • whip
See more results »

Related word

legalization
(Definition oflegalizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

legalize| American Dictionary

legalize
verb[T]
us
/ˈli·ɡəˌlɑɪz/
toallowbylaw; makelegal

legalization

noun[U]us
/ˌli·ɡə·ləˈzeɪ·ʃən/
Somekindof legalizationplanisneededfortemporaryworkerswho havebecomepermanentresidents.
(Definition oflegalizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

legalize| Business English

legalize
verb[T]
LAW(UKalsolegalise)
uk
/ˈliːɡəlaɪz/us
to make somethinglegalwhen it waspreviouslyillegal:
I'm against legalizingdrugs.
(Definition oflegalizefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegalize

legalize
The policy dimension varies from maintaining, or even reinforcing, a ban on euthanasia (right), to legalizing euthanasia completely (left).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most of the time, however, we are willing enough to sanctify - tolegalizein marriage - an episode of forced violation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Before this issue was resolved, the government decided tolegalizeand record unregistered marriages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The estates general was used tolegalizethis move, and then disbanded for ever.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After rising to dominance over his competitors by criminal means, he attempted tolegalizehis 'authority' through the sub-district office.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They wanted to have their holdings legalized so that they could receive loans to upgrade their cattle technology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Apart from legalizing layoffs, the labour 'dispatch' system was introduced.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The religious law legalizes the use of cunning in trading, but forbids depriving people of their property illegally.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It would have preferred tolegalizeeuthanasia on the basis of a statutory regulation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
How can one account systematically for legalized bedlam?
From theCambridge English Corpus
A policy legalizing euthanasia must consider more than individual tragedy, but whether the policy sustains tragic social conditions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this common conviction is born an impetus for controlling the circumstances of our dying and for some, for legalizing euthanasia.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another way that state legislatures deferred to local actors and actions was to pass laws that ratified or legalized certain activities at the local level.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although difficult and complex, a programme should be developed that allows legalized tattooing to occur in prisons.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The first answer is: nothing much, because the bill mainly focuses on legalizing presently accepted practices.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/legalize##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/3/10 11:23:29