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 legitimate [li'dʒitimәt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 合法的, 正当的, 婚生的

vt. 认为正当, 立为嫡嗣, 使合法

[经] 合法的, 合理的




    legitimate


    Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
    {Legitimated} (-m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legitimating}
    (-m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
    To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the
    position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by
    legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.

    To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to
    approve, even to legitimate vice. --Milton.


    Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[asl]t), a. [LL. legitimatus, p.
    p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate.
    See {Legal}.]
    1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and
    requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government;
    legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the
    throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a
    legitimate heir.

    2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

    3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfe`t, or
    spurious; as,$legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate
    inscriptions.

    4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as,
    legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a
    legitimate combination of colors.

    Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate
    English classic. --Macaulay.

    5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a
    legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

    1. But he said school officials thought the parents had a legitimate concern.
    2. DECIDES, as a consequence, to take the following measure to secure compliance of Iraq with operative paragraph 2 and to restore the authority of the legitimate Government of Kuwait; 3.
    3. The Supreme Court is weighing arguments on the constitutionality of Ohio's "gasohol" tax credits, defended by state officials as legitimate incentives but attacked by opponents as discriminatory.
    4. That sparked swift action by the Reagan administration, which continued to recognize Delvalle as the legitimate leader of the country and imposed massive economic sanctions on Panama in an effort to drive Noriega from office.
    5. Some other researchers agree: "I think it's quite legitimate to call Collaborative's work a genome map," says Ronald Davis, a researcher at Stanford University.
    6. Do you think they have a legitimate grievance about Atwater's conduct during the campaign? A. No. No, and I think that it's a good thing he's on the board.
    7. The station said news staffers attended an illegal pit bull fight but defended the action as "legitimate news-gathering activities" and denied the fight was staged for its cameras.
    8. While most of the groups are legitimate, the powerful fund-raising appeal of brightening a dying child's last days has posed some problems, charity officials said.
    9. Hun Sen has rejected any monitoring force under the United Nations, which recognizes Sihanouk's coalition as legitimate government of Cambodia.
    10. Public educators have their schools organized for them, by federal, state and local authorities pressured by countless groups with legitimate but conflicting interests in school policy.
    11. The Reagan administration continues to recognize Delvalle, now in hiding in Panama, as the country's legitimate leader and is is applying economic pressure in an effort to get him back in office.
    12. As an industry representative, I don't object to legitimate and even harsh criticism when it helps improve the safety effort.
    13. Second, Kuwait's legitimate government must be restored to replace the puppet regime.
    14. It's common these days to regard retirement as a chance to start a second career, to keep working part time as a consultant, or to see if a longtime hobby can be turned into a legitimate livelihood.
    15. But negotiations became mired in Israel's objection to talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which Israel considers a terrorist organization and Palestinians consider their legitimate representative.
    16. To the extent that society has a legitimate interest in encouraging the arts, there is little reason to direct our resources toward raising the compensation of artists.
    17. Buchen said the bills were actually for dinners with his wife that he considered legitimate business expenses.
    18. But the law appeared certain to displease independent political leaders in the Baltics who argue that Soviet political control of their nations is not legitimate.
    19. Many people view our burgeoning industry as a clear example of the nation's move away from what they consider "legitimate" enterprise.
    20. "The brokers are the people that we're after," O'Brien added. "They are the people who are going to take it from legitimate industry and give it to illegitimate industry." There are other smuggling networks of similar scope, Sheehan said.
    21. Earlier in the week, Aoun said U.S. Ambassador John McCarthy would only be welcomed back if he presented his credentials to the Christian Cabinet and recognized it as the legitimate government.
    22. "It's a perfectly legitimate check," said Bourre, a Dover, N.H., resident and a opponent of a Maine law that requires him to pay Maine income taxes because he works at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
    23. Appearing with some of the officials at a news conference after the meeting, Dukakis said he favored placing restrictions on small handguns but said he recognized the "perfectly legitimate right" of sportsmen and others to own guns.
    24. Rite Aid denies any wrongdoing, contending that the payment was a legitimate buy-out of a consulting contract.
    25. We can disagree on issues." Jesse Jackson called the complaints about attacks "campaign fatigue, this tit for tat on how bruised I am." But Ms. Jamieson said there was a legitimate distinction.
    26. It has now come to be seen as a legitimate aspect of human behaviour.
    27. They and the others were charged with "high treason and mutiny against the legitimate government," the official statement said.
    28. "I do think the administration is legitimate on this," said Obey, a severe skeptic of Reagan administration policy toward the region.
    29. A legitimate question, though, is the pace at which it falls in the second half of the year. The company's cautious interim statement is not particularly encouraging in this regard.
    30. This initiative addresses a problem that is clearly of legitimate concern to Congress, and has the salutary effect of increasing the nation's supply of outstanding centers of scientific research.
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