The adjective is pronounced /lɪ'dʒɪtɪmət/. The verb is pronounced /lɪ'dʒɪtɪmeɪt/. 形容词读作 /lɪ'dʒɪtɪmət/。动词读作/lɪ'dʒɪtɪmeɪt/。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]合法的；依法的；法律认可的 Something that is
legitimate is acceptable according to the law.
The French government has condemned the coup in Haiti and has demanded the restoration of the legitimate government...
法国政府对海地政变表示谴责，并要求恢复合法政府的地位。
The government will not seek to disrupt the legitimate business activities of the defendant.
政府无意干扰被告的合法经营活动。
legitimacyThe opposition parties do not recognise the political legitimacy of his government.
反对党不承认他的政府在政治上的合法性。
legitimatelyThe government has been legitimately elected by the people.
政府是由人民依法选出的。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]合情理的；有道理的；正当的 If you say that something such as a feeling or claim is
legitimate, you think that it is reasonable and justified.
That's a perfectly legitimate fear...
怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
The New York Times has a legitimate claim to be a national newspaper.
《纽约时报》有理由称自己是一份全国性报纸。
legitimacyAs if to prove the legitimacy of these fears, the Cabinet of Franz von Papen collapsed on December 2.
仿佛是要印证这些恐惧事出有因似的，弗朗茨·冯·巴本的内阁于12月2日倒台了。
legitimatelyThey could quarrel quite legitimately with some of my choices.
他们大有理由不同意我的一些选择。
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[ADJ 形容词]婚生的 A
legitimate child is one whose parents were married before he or she was born.
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。
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[VERB 动词]同legitimize To
legitimate something means the same as to
legitimize it.
We want to legitimate this process by passing a law.
我们希望通过立法来使这一程序合法化。
legitimation...the legitimation of state constitutions.
国家宪法的正式通过