illegitimate
英 [ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mət]
美 [ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət]
- adj. 私生的;非法的;不合理的
- vt. 认做私生子;认为违法
- n. 非嫡出子;庶子
illegitimate 非法的,非婚生的il-,不,非,legitimate,合法的,婚生的。
- illegitimate (adj.)
- 1530s, "born out of wedlock," formed in English (and replacing earlier illegitime, c. 1500), modeled on Latin illegitimus "not legitimate" (see il- + legitimate). Sense of "unauthorized, unwarranted" is from 1640s. Phrase illegitimi non carborundum, usually "translated" as "don't let the bastards grind you down," is fake Latin (by 1965, said to date from c. 1939) (Carborundum was a brand of abrasives).
- 1. They represented a ruthless and illegitimate regime that could not remain forever.
- 他们代表了一个残暴的非法政权,这样的政权是不可能长久的。
- 2. illegitimate use of company property
- 不正当使用公司财产
- 3. It is quite illegitimate to argue that the government had no choice.
- 辩称政府别无选择是十分不当的.
- 4. About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents.
- 大约有68%的私生子是由父母双方共同登记的.
- 5. The election was dismissed as illegitimate by the opposition.
- 反对党以不合法为由拒绝接受选举结果。