| 单词 | illegitimate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`ili'dʒitimit] |
| 解释 | a.不合法的；私生的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 不合法的(illegal; unlawful)；私生的(born of parents not married) 【记】 il+legitimate(合法 的)→不合法的 |
| 字源 | illegitimate (adj.) 1530s, "born out of wedlock," formed in English (and replacing earlier illegitime, c.1500), modeled on Latin illegitimus "not legitimate" (see il- + legitimate). Sense of "unauthorized, unwarranted" is from 1640s. Phrase illegitimi non carborundum, usually "translated" as "don't let the bastards grind you down," is fake Latin (by 1965, said to date from c.1939) (Carborundum was a brand of abrasives). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】il 不 + legitimate 合法 |
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