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 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。
• 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。
• Last year, Penguin became the first major trade press to go vanity: its Book Country e-imprint will legitimize your original genre fiction for just under$ 100.
  去年，企鹅成为第一家赶时髦的大型出版商：它旗下的书国电子印刷只需花费你不到一百美元就能正式出版你的原创类型小说。
• 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。
• If I cannot legitimize our former relations at least I can assist you.
  即使我们不能使我们过去的关系合法化，我至少也能帮助你。
• The system of the presumption and negation of natural children and the system of claim and legitimation of natural children are provisions in most countries 'legislations, which formally legitimize the relative equal status of natural children.
  许多国家法律中规定了非婚生子女的推定与否认制度、非婚生子女的认领与准正制度，在形式上给予了非婚生子女相对较为平等的法律地位。
• They decided to legitimize their business relationship.
  他们决定使他们的商业关系合法化。
• Because of this, Ai has managed to greatly legitimize the act of citizen filming, showing people that they have the right to film and record, as well as the right to scrutinize.
  因此，他非常有力地强化了公民拍摄的合法性，就是我有权拍摄，我有权监督。
• Efforts have been made in this paper to discuss the national duty for compensation in the perspective of legal philosophy and to justify and legitimize the institution of national compensation for criminal victims.
  文章从法哲学的视角论证国家应当承担补偿义务，并论证设置犯罪被害人国家补偿制度的正当性与合法性。
• The dissertation points out that the exemption from the antimonopoly laws in substance is to legitimize the given restraints of competition and to give the legitimacy to the given form or activity.
  反垄断法豁免实质上就是对限制竞争行为的合法化，使特定主体的某个行为或某类行为获得合法性。