legitimate

US [ləˈdʒɪtəmət]
UK [lɪˈdʒɪtəmət]
  • adj.正当合理的；合情合理的；合法的；法律认可的
  • v.使合法；认为正当；认为正统；承认(庶子)为嫡出
  • Web正当的；正统的；正当性
Past Participle：legitimated  Present Participle：legitimating  Simple Present：legitimates  

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Legitimate
adj.
1.
正当合理的；合情合理的for which there is a fair and acceptable reason
a legitimate grievance
合乎情理的抱怨
It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.
这似乎是完全合乎情理的问题。
Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.
政客理所当然成为讽刺的对象。
2.
合法的；法律认可的；法定的allowed and acceptable according to the law
the legitimate government of the country
这个国家的合法政府
Is his business strictly legitimate?
他的生意是否绝对合法？
3.
合法婚姻所生的born when its parents are legally married to each other

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1.
They weren't trying to make it in legitimate ways, because there were no legitimate channels out.
他们不会采取什么合法手段，因为那里根本不存在什么合法渠道。
tā men bú huì cǎi qǔ shén me hé fǎ shǒu duàn , yīn wèi nà li gēn běn bù cún zài shén me hé fǎ qú dào 。
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2.
Urban underground tunnel was originally built for legitimate things, but it has been used to abduct people looters.
城市地下的地道本来是为了合法事物建造的，但却被劫掠者用来绑架人。
chéng shì dì xià de dì dào běn lái shì wèi le hé fǎ shì wù jiàn zào de , dàn què bèi jié lüè zhě yòng lái bǎng jià rén 。
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3.
The Bush administration has been trying to make Americans believe that there were legitimate reasons for going to war in Iraq.
布什政府一直努力使美国民众相信他们有正当的理由开战伊拉克。
bù shí zhèng fǔ yì zhí nǔ lì shǐ měi guó mín zhòng xiāng xìn tā men yǒu zhèng dàng de lǐ yóu kāi zhàn yī lā kè 。
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4.
The typical behavior of a legitimate user may be to use a different, but a relatively constant, set of domains in their HELO statements .
合法用户通常可能会在HELO语句中使用不同但是相对恒定的一组域。
hé fǎ yòng hù tōng cháng kě néng huì zài HELO yǔ jù zhōng shǐ yòng bù tóng dàn shì xiāng duì héng dìng de yī zǔ yù 。
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5.
The bank needs a more legitimate boss and a new sense of purpose.
世行需要一个更具合法性的行长和一种新的目标感。
shì háng xū yào yī gè gèng jù hé fǎ xìng de háng zhǎng hé yī zhǒng xīn de mù biāo gǎn 。
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6.
"You cannot stand up a modern and confident nation when you do not allow people to voice their legitimate criticisms, " he said.
“当你不容许人们表达他们的正当批评时，就不可能成为一个自信的现代化国家，”他说道。
" dāng nǐ bù róng xǔ rén men biǎo dá tā men de zhèng dàng pī píng shí , jiù bù kě néng chéng wéi yī gè zì xìn de xiàn dài huà guó jiā , " tā shuō dào 。
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Legitimate land acquisition process can better restrict the public's power, protect private rights and balance the conflicts between them.
正当的土地征收程序能更好制约公权力，保护私权利，平衡二者之间的冲突。
zhèng dàng de tǔ dì zhēng shōu chéng xù néng gèng hǎo zhì yuē gōng quán lì , bǎo hù sī quán lì , píng héng èr zhě zhī jiān de chōng tū 。
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Since you don't seem to see her position as legitimate, why, in such a situation, should she adopt yours and elect to be your martyr?
看起来你认为她的立场并不合理，既然如此，在这种情况下她又怎么会接收你的观点并且为你做出牺牲呢？
kàn qǐ lái nǐ rèn wéi tā de lì chǎng bìng bù hé lǐ , jì rán rú cǐ , zài zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng xià tā yòu zěn me huì jiē shōu nǐ de guān diǎn bìng qiě wèi nǐ zuò chū xī shēng ne ?
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For decades, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive.
几十年来，一直存在着一种僵持局面：有着合理追求的两族人民，因各自的痛苦历史而使妥协可望不可及。
jǐ shí nián lái , yì zhí cún zài zhe yī zhǒng jiāng chí jú miàn : yǒu zhe hé lǐ zhuī qiú de liǎng zú rén mín , yīn gè zì de tòng kǔ lì shǐ ér shǐ tuǒ xié kě wàng bù kě jí 。
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10.
By what I can tell from the tape he seems to be in a legitimate hypnotic state.
就我从录相上看到的情况，他确实处在一种催眠的状态。
jiù wǒ cóng lù xiāng shàng kàn dào de qíng kuàng , tā què shí chǔ zài yī zhǒng cuī mián de zhuàng tài 。
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