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validity

noun
 OPAL W
🔊/vəˈlɪdəti/
🔊/vəˈlɪdəti/
[uncountable]
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  1.  
    the state of being legally or officially acceptable（法律上的）有效，合法性；（正式的）认可
    • The period of validity of the agreement has expired.本协议的有效期已过。🔊🔊
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    • The judges upheld the validity of the previous judgement.法官维持了原判。
    • The legal validity of the claims has been challenged.这些索赔的合法性受到质疑。
    Topics Law and justicec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • equal
    • doubtful
    • …
    verb + validity
    • have
    • give something
    • lend something
    • …
    preposition
    • of… validity
    • validity  for
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  2.  
    the state of being logical and true符合逻辑；正当；正确
    • We had doubts about the validity of their argument.我们对他们的论点的正确性有过怀疑。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • His reputation lends a certain validity to the approach that it might not deserve.他的名望赋予这一方法某种其本身可能并不具备的可信性。
    • The results are of doubtful validity.这些结果的正确性值得怀疑。
    • The theory has the face validity of being consistent with recent findings.这一理论与最新的研究结果相一致，表面上是合理的。
    • the theory's validity for parent-child relationships这一理论在亲子关系方面的正确性
    • to assess the scientific validity of new treatments评估新疗法的科学效用
    • Of course we recognize the validity of that argument.我们当然承认那个论证的合理性。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • equal
    • doubtful
    • …
    verb + validity
    • have
    • give something
    • lend something
    • …
    preposition
    • of… validity
    • validity  for
    See full entry