legitimize

• vt. 使…合法；立為嫡嗣

來自拉丁語legis,法律，詞源同legal.

legitimize (v.)

1795, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate) + -ize. Earlier was legitimatize (1791). Related: Legitimized; legitimizing.

1. Is that why you brought me here, to legitimize you to the world?

這就是你要帶我下來的原因幫你合法化這一切?

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2. Nowadays, the army tries to legitimize its existence by offering emergency and auxiliary at sporting events.

現在, 瑞士的軍隊試圖通過排除緊急事件、輔助運動會等服務來保持其合法性.

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3. A quota increase of 500.000 bpd will serve merely to legitimize existing cheating.

配額的增加不過是把已經隱瞞的部分合法化罷了.

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4. In the ensuing Sui dynasty, Confucianism and Taoism were again fused with Buddhism to legitimize it.

接下來的隋朝, 統治者又將儒教道教與佛教混合起來合法化其權利.

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5. It would reverse the emerging global consensus for whale conservation and inexplicably legitimize commercial whaling.

它將倒轉國際間日漸形成的對於鯨魚保護的共識並難以理解地使商業捕鯨合法化.

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