vindicated
past simple and past participle ofvindicate
| 单词 | vindicated |
| 释义 | vindicated past simple and past participle ofvindicate vindicate verb[T] uk/ˈvɪn.dɪ.keɪt/us/ˈvɪn.də.keɪt/toprovethat what someone said or did wasrightortrue, after otherpeoplethoughtit waswrong: ThedecisiontoincludeMorris in theteamwascompletelyvindicated when hescoredtwogoals. Theinvestigationvindicated hercomplaintabout thenewspaper. toprovethat someone is notguiltyor isfreefromblame, after otherpeopleblamedthem: They said theywelcomedthetrialas achanceto vindicate themselves. Proving and disproving
Examplesofvindicatedvindicated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. How can coercion, by definition a compromise of external freedom-that freedom, that is, ordinarily protected andvindicatedby the doctrine of right-be compatible with right? From theCambridge English Corpus Such assessments would soon appear to bevindicated. From theCambridge English Corpus This position has since beenvindicatedin so far as few now call for a return to welfare as it operated before 1996. From theCambridge English Corpus This view isvindicatedby the pessimistic interpretation of social choice that has just been described. From theCambridge English Corpus Norms and excellences seem to bevindicatedby the good that they serve. From theCambridge English Corpus It may be that, given a more fully specified research design, the clash of civilizations thesis might bevindicated. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, his argument seemsvindicatedin most industrial democracies for the last two decades. From theCambridge English Corpus The brothers' attitudes toward institutions could be quite instrumental, a pointvindicatedby the institutional track record of the two protagonists. From theCambridge English Corpus He concludes that all three hypotheses were supported and that the critical period hypothesis isvindicated. From theCambridge English Corpus Through the completion of the project, the college has clearlyvindicatedand, indeed, exceeded its ambition. From theCambridge English Corpus The assumption following (2.13) concerning the time-scale of the large-scale field may now bevindicated. From theCambridge English Corpus If this means that all evaluative considerations are not genuinely evaluative, then legal positivism isvindicated. From theCambridge English Corpus Whose grievance isvindicatedby punishing these actors? From theCambridge English Corpus Their ' superstition ' isvindicatedas preferable to that of the philosophes. From theCambridge English Corpus Such a success would seem to havevindicatedthe bloc's claims of fraud during the 1932 election. 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. |
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