legitimate
- conforming to the law or to rules；able to be defended with logic or justification
- make legitimate; justify or make lawful
verb: legitimate, 3rd person present: legitimates, gerund or present participle: legitimating, past tense: legitimated, past participle: legitimated
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- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. conforming to the law or to rules his claims to legitimate authority 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ able to be defended with logic or justification a legitimate excuse for being late 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a sovereign) having a title based on strict hereditary right the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc. the legitimate theater
動詞
- 1. make legitimate; justify or make lawful the regime was not legitimated by popular support
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- conforming to the law or to rules: his claims to legitimate authority
- make lawful or justify: the regime was not legitimated by popular support
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