All the values that would have maintained their authority in the past, which legitimised their rule of society, have a much weaker status today. 在过去曾经维护他们的权威,使他们对社会的统治变得合法化的所有价值体系,如今已经大大地削弱了地位。
Crucially, although the leaked emails hardly constituted evidence of a global warming conspiracy, they legitimised those commentators who have challenged the scientific orthodoxy and the IPCC. 关键是,尽管泄露出来的电子邮件几乎不能构成全球变暖阴谋论的证据,他们为那些挑战科学正统性以及IPCC的评论家提供了合法性。
Instead, they assumed that the Zeitgeist that had legitimised their greed would continue. 相反,他们认为,使他们的贪婪合法化的时代精神还将继续。