legitimate
legitimate
adjective
legitimacy
noun
legitimately
adverb
legitimation
noun
legitimatization
noun
legitimatize
verb
adjective
- conforming to the law or to rules
合法的；合乎规矩的
his claims to legitimate authority.
他向合法机构所提要求。
■able to be defended with logic or justification
合乎逻辑的，正当的
a legitimate excuse for being late.
正当的迟到理由。
■(of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other
（子女）合法婚生的
(of a sovereign) having a title based on strict hereditary right.
（王位继承）严格按照继承权原则的；嫡系的。
the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king.
最后的嫡系盎格鲁撒克逊国王。
■constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc
（与音乐喜剧、滑稽剧相对）正剧的
the legitimate theatre.
正剧戏院。
- [with obj.]make legitimate; justify or make lawful
使合法化，使正当化
the regime was not legitimated by popular support.
那个政权并没得到大众支持从而变得合法。
legitimacy
noun
legitimately
adverb
legitimation
noun
legitimatization
noun
legitimatize
verb
- (亦作 -ise)
- late Middle English (in the sense 'born of parents lawfully married to each other'): from medieval Latin legitimatus 'made legal', from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus 'lawful', from lex, leg- 'law'
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