legitimate
英 [ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət]
美 [ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət]
- adj. 合法的；正当的；合理的；正统的
- vt. 使合法；认为正当（等于legitimize）
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记忆方法
记忆“legitimate”可以使用联想法，结合其词根和词义。可以想象一个法律（law）文件上有两个（-ite）小脚印，代表合法（legit-imate）。这个图像提示了这个词与法律上的合法性和正式性有关。
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中文词源
legitimate 合法的，合情合理的
来自拉丁语legis,法律，词源同legal.
英语词源
- legitimate (adj.)
- mid-15c., "lawfully begotten," from Middle French legitimer and directly from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare "make lawful, declare to be lawful," from Latin legitimus "lawful," originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal). Transferred sense of "genuine, real" is attested from 1550s. Related: Legitimately.
- legitimate (v.)
- 1590s, from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare (see legitimate (adj.)). Related: Legitimated; legitimating.
权威例句
- 1. Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.
- 大多数医生似乎都接受顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗手段。
- 2. We only married in order that the child should be legitimate.
- 我们结婚纯粹是为了给孩子一个合法身份。
- 3. The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.
- 这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。
- 4. It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.
- 这似乎是完全合乎情理的问题。
- 5. Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.
- 生病是请假的一个正当的理由.
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