legitimize

英 /lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz/ 美 /ləˈdʒɪtəˌmaɪz/

★★★★中高频词

中文释义

vt.使合法化，宣布合法化，官方[正式]认可，授予…权力，（对非婚生子）给予合法地位，证明…有理

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

现在, 瑞士的军队试图通过排除紧急事件、辅助运动会等服务来保持其合法性.
Is that why you brought me here, to legitimize you to the world?

这就是你要带我下来的原因帮你合法化这一切?
A quota increase of 500.000 bpd will serve merely to legitimize existing cheating.

配额的增加不过是把已经隐瞒的部分合法化罢了.