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rationalizeverb(EXPLAIN)[T]totrytofindreasonstoexplainyourbehaviour,decisions, etc.: 合理地解释（行为、决定等），为…找出合理的理由；就…辩解 She rationalized thecostby saying that anexpensivecarpetwould lastlongerthan acheaperone.她解释说那些花费是合理的，理由是她买的地毯虽然很贵，但要比便宜货耐用。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesThinking and contemplating - a brown studyidiom
- agonize
- agonize over/aboutsomething
- beard-stroking
- bethink
- consideration
- dip
- harbour
- in the cold light of dayidiom
- introspect
- introspection
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- reflection
- rumination
- run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
- scratch
- scratchyourheadidiom
- self-contemplation
- self-reflection
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: rationalizeverb(CHANGE)[IorT]to make acompany, way ofworking, etc. moreeffective, usually bycombiningorstoppingparticularactivities, or (of acompany, way ofworking, etc.) tobecomemoreeffectivein this way: （对…）进行合理化改革；使合理化 We rationalized theproductionsystemso that oneoperatorcouldcontrolall threemachines.我们对生产系统进行了优化组合，这样一来，一个人可以操控三台机器。 Therecessionisforcingthecompanyto rationalize.经济衰退促使公司进行合理化改革。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesManaging and organizing - admin
- administer
- administration
- anti-bureaucracy
- bronze command
- fixsomethingup
- fixer
- get up
- getyouract togetheridiom
- gold command
- marshal
- mobilize
- mount
- paperwork
- party planner
- party planning
- project-manage
- rationalization
- scrum
- vice-presidential
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: rationalize| American Dictionarytocreateareason,explanation, orexcusefor something: [T]You can rationalizeyourway out of anything. rationalization
[C]Parents arefedup with rationalizations about whyschoolsdon’twork. rationalize| Business EnglishWORKPLACE,MANAGEMENTto make acompany, way ofworking, etc. moreeffective, usually bycombiningorstoppingparticularactivities, or byemployingfewerpeople: Theeconomicreformsincludeabolishingexportandimportlicensing, and rationalizing andreducingimporttariffs. Globaleconomictrendshaveforcedmanycompaniesto rationalizetheiroperations. rationalization
The rationalization of thetariffstructurewasaimedatpromotingexportsoflocalproducts. thereorganizationand rationalization of the company'soverseasoperations Examplesofrationalizerationalize The lack of fit between state-sponsored terminologies and actual everyday practice is rationalized by speakers in various metapragmatic narratives, including some routinized ones.From theCambridge English Corpus Market incompleteness rationalizes the existence of gradual changes in consumption.From theCambridge English Corpus Other cases are not easily rationalized since there is no known function for the proteases during seed maturation.From theCambridge English Corpus Clinical guidelines have received much attention as public policy tools for reforming and rationalizing health care (9;11;15;35;42;71).From theCambridge English Corpus The women may also be rationalizing their situation since they are less likely to become pregnant than the younger women.From theCambridge English Corpus Although this allocation of risk may seem extreme, it may be rationalized with the argument that wages are sluggish due to contractual arrangements.From theCambridge English Corpus Ineluctably rationalizing the division of labor, the state becomes the prime mover in fracturing the human into the stunted and the tunnel-visioned.From theCambridge English Corpus Pro-natal policies may have emerged from a multiplicity of factors rationalized by patriarchal ideological under pinnings, but not entirely ref lective of them.From theCambridge English Corpus In other words it is the rhythmic plurality as found in concrete musical composition that is justified and rationalized by emanating from a trinitarian unity.From theCambridge English Corpus By parts 3 and 4 of the theorem, if there is a utility function that rationalizes the data, it will have the properties typically assumed in consumer theory.From theCambridge English Corpus The central guideline was formulated on the basis of rationalizing the overlap of the two kinds of agricultural taxes, the rationality of each of the two taken for granted.From theCambridge English Corpus If readers were not merely passive recipients of a newspaper's ideology, they were hardly immune to the attraction of printed ideas which rationalized their own interests.From theCambridge English Corpus However, there is much sense in rationalizing the many hundreds of potentially useful species into a list of those food crops that have the greatest development potential and regional importance.From theCambridge English Corpus Despite an attempt at rationalizing the fiscal system, the politics of votes, threats and bargaining appears to have crept into even the institutions specifically designed to overcome such politicization.From theCambridge English Corpus The prophetic model facilitated and rationalized social changes, whereas the principle of descent facilitated and rationalized the maintenance of status and its transmission to succeeding generations.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. |