网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 legitimize
释义
legitimize
verb[T]
formal(UKusuallylegitimise)
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.maɪz/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.maɪz/
to make somethinglegaloracceptable:
合法化；合理化
Thegovernmentfearsthattalkingtoterroristsmight legitimizetheirviolentactions.政府担心与恐怖分子谈判可能会使他们的暴力行为得到认可。
Synonym
legitimate
Compare
legalize
decriminalize
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 »
(Definition oflegitimizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

legitimize| American Dictionary

legitimize
verb[T]
us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬·əˌmɑɪz/
(alsolegitimate,us/ləˈdʒɪt̬·əˌmeɪt/)
to make somethinglegaloracceptable
(Definition oflegitimizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

legitimize| Business English

legitimize
verb[T]
(UKalsolegitimise)
uk
/ləˈdʒɪtɪmaɪz/us
to make something that is notfairorhonestseemacceptable:
He calledeffortsto legitimizemedicalmarijuana"despicable".
LAW
to make somethingoperatein a way that islegal:
Manyregisteredcompaniesmaintainthat thelicensingprocessis the only way to legitimize theindustry.
(Definition oflegitimizefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimize

legitimize
Models help fill that gap, and therebylegitimizethe continuation of work on theory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Some also thought that the new training and legislation merelylegitimizecurrent practice, filling gaps in the medical workforce.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They also sent reverberations through the officer corps and the soldiery, damaging confidence among some and legitimizing the desire for revenge among others.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His social and political power was partly dependent upon his position as a paternalist and philanthropist, a position he frequently used tolegitimizehis candidatures.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other words, the possibility of describing certain choral compositions almost as pre-existent music provided a solution to the aesthetic problem of legitimizing the chorus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His evaluation of the pervasive cultural resonance of his subjects is legitimized by histories of contemporaneous cultural institutions and comparable popular entertainers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both a king's self and his person had to be legitimized in ancient civilizations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This report came to play a decisive role for the new government in its need to formulate andlegitimizea new course of development policy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the case of participants, the discourse has served tolegitimizethose linked to the environmental and traditional indigenous foci.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In particular, the role of political parties as legitimizing agents during periods of rapid economic and social change, is crucial.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In his view all bureaucracies conceal certain kinds of politics andlegitimizecertain kinds of power relationships in their day-to-day operations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Instead, he legitimizes his dream scenes by presenting a biographical narrative explaining the crime.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are many who are critical of the ability of majoritarian institutions tolegitimizedecisions of the state.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rather, the second clause is presented as a factor which legitimizes the speaker's making the speech act of an offer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rather, the concern has been to show how a monarchical and autocratic regime manifested and legitimized itself in the public sphere.
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/legitimize##
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：2024/12/27 19:15:43