| 英语单词 | illegitimate |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌɪlə'dʒɪtəmət] 美 [ˌɪlə'dʒɪtəmət] |
| 中文释义 | adj.非法的;私生的;不合规则的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The agency made illegitimate use of public funds. (2) Perhaps she was an illegitimate daughter. (3) He was discarded as an illegitimate child. (4) In this sentence the writer uses an illegitimate construction. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这个机构非法动用公款。 (2) 也许她是个私生女。 (3) 他被当作私生子抛弃了。 (4) 作者在这个句子中用了不符合语法的结构。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something illegitimate is unlawful, or improper. If you're a doctor, even a great doctor, but you were never certified by the medical board, then you're an illegitimate doctor. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Illegitimate has the root for "law" in it, and something illegitimate is outside the law or custom. A child not born to married parents is known as an illegitimate child, although so many people are making different choices about how to raise families, that the stigma is dropping away, especially if the child isn't the result of philandering (cheating). In King Lear, Edmund is mad that he's an illegitimate son, because it means he can't inherit the throne. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]私生的;非婚生的 A person who is illegitimate was born of parents who were not married to each other. 2 [ADJ 形容词]非法的;不合法的 Illegitimate is used to describe activities and institutions that are not in accordance with the law or with accepted standards of what is right.
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