legitimatize

1. It would legitimatize renewal by the Soviet Union and therefore accelerate the nuclear arms race.
   它将使苏联的重新试验合法化，从而加速核军备竞赛。
2. Under this plan illegal immigrants already here could legitimatize their status, but they would be subject to an additional penalty by being forced to pay a fee, or fine, to the federal government.
   在此种设计下，现有非法移民的地位可以实现合法化，但他们须得一种处罚，即向联邦政府交纳一项费用，或称罚金。
3. The findings show that murals in Northern Ireland create their own invented versions of history in order to legitimatize each conflict group's political ideologies.
   本论文发现在北爱尔兰的壁画中，他们为了让每一个族群的政治意识型态合理化，所以独创出自己的历史版本。
4. To maintain and strengthen political power, subject of politics must legitimatize the powers.
   要维持和巩固政治权力，政治主体必须使政治权力合法化。
5. The significance of his aesthetics was to legitimatize the aesthetic dimension of Confucianism and made valuable attempt at integrating aesthetics and utility.
   其美学史意义是使儒家诗学观的审美之维得到合法的肯定与充实，在汇通审美与功用之途上做出了有建树的尝试。

verb

1. make legal
   1. Marijuana should be legalized

   Synonym:    legalizelegalisedecriminalizedecriminaliselegitimizelegitimiselegitimatelegitimatise