legitimize
verb🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz/
🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz/
(British English also legitimise)
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they legitimize | 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz/ 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz/ |
| he / she / it legitimizes | 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzɪz/ 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple legitimized | 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzd/ 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzd/ |
| past participle legitimized | 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzd/ 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzd/ |
| -ing form legitimizing | 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪzɪŋ/ |
- legitimize something
to make something that is wrong or unfair seem acceptable 使（坏事或不正当的事）看起来可以接受 - legitimize something
to make something legal 使合法 - legitimize somebody
to give a child whose parents are not married to each other the same rights as those whose parents are 赋予（非婚生子）合法权利