rationalize

verb

1. 对…进行理性的解释；对…加以科学的说明
   to find or try to find a logical reason to explain why sb thinks, behaves, etc. in a way that is difficult to understand
   1. an attempt to rationalize his violent behaviour
      对他的暴力行为作出合理解释的尝试
2. 使合理化；进行合理化改革；使有经济效益
   to make changes to a business, system, etc. in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money
   1. Twenty workers lost their jobs when the department was rationalized.
      在部门的合理化改革中，有二十名工人失业。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 rationalise


1. VERB 使…合理化;对…进行理性解释
   If you try to rationalize attitudes or actions that are difficult to accept, you think of reasons to justify or explain them.
   1. He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace...
      他坚信自己实际上是在促进和平，以此进一步将自己的行为合理化。
   2. I poured my thoughts out on paper in an attempt to rationalize my feelings.
      我把自己的想法一股脑地写在纸上，以试图给自己的感受找个说辞。
2. VERB 精简;（通常指通过削减员工和设备）使更有效率
   When a company, system, or industry is rationalized, it is made more efficient, usually by getting rid of staff and equipment that are not essential.
   1. The network of 366 local offices is being rationalised to leave the company with 150 to 200 larger branch offices.
      该公司曾经拥有的366个地方办事处正被精简为150到200个规模较大的分支机构。

1. I poured my thoughts out on paper in an attempt to rationalize my feelings.
   为了对自己的感情作出合理的解释，我把想法全都写在纸上。
2. He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace
   他坚信自己实际上是在促进和平，以此进一步将自己的行为合理化。
3. We figure out a way to rationalize behavior that may not otherwise align with our values.
   我们想办法自我麻痹，为和我们的价值观不符的行为找到借口。
4. I will make an attempt to rationalize a mechanism to define the use case model with BPMs as inputs.
   我将尝试提供一个合理的机制来将BPM作为输入以定义用例。
5. Just knowing this will help you rationalize whats going on and will help relax you in future situations.
   认识到这一点有助于你理性面对正在发生的事情，进而在以后环境中做到自如放松。
6. I tried to rationalize what I had just seen, but I couldn't.
   我想给我刚才所看到的找一个合理的解释，但是，我做不到。
7. Helping co-operating companies to rationalize drawing documents to in order to provide suitable and economical solution.
   协助合作企业进行图纸的优化，提供合理、经济的解决方案。
8. The rail company is trying to rationalize its freight service.
   铁路运输公司正在努力使其货运服务合理化。
9. Does this rationalize why countries protect so much?
   这能合理化解释为什么国家要如此保护？
10. Does this make sense to you ones who need to rationalize ME?
    对于那些需要合理化“我”的你们这些人而言，这合乎情理吗？
11. We need to rationalize work processes and cut costs.
    我们需要把工艺流程合理化以便削减开支。
12. If there is a delay the memory stops recollecting what happened and begins to rationalize how it happened.
    如果耽误一段时间，脑子就回忆不起发生的情况了，而只能靠推理对发生的情况作出解释了。
13. We should deepen reform of the system for income distribution and progressively rationalize it.
    深化收入分配制度改革，逐步理顺分配关系。
14. People who actually have this condition rationalize it.
    事实上在这种情况下人们的行为才会合理。
15. "Don't ignore it; don't rationalize it," he said in regards to depression.
    “不要忽视它，不要使之合理化的，”他说，对于抑郁症。
16. As to the secondary circulation mode, its coordination management is comparatively complicated and need to rationalize circulation chain.
    二级循环型模式园区协调管理较为复杂，需要在循环链结构合理化方面进行优化；
17. If I am different from my jealousy, then I can operate upon it, suppress it, rationalize it, say'why shouldn't I be ', and so on and so on.
    如果我不同于我的嫉妒，那么我就能够操作它，压抑它，合理化它，说“为什么我不应该是”，等等，诸如此类。
18. How do we rationalize the fear and sorrow that each one of us feels?
    如果释怀我们感受到的恐惧和悲伤？
19. Is to rationalize and reform the household registration system, you are lying in the centers of that bar.
    是调整和改革户籍制度，你在说谎在该酒吧的中心。
20. Don't make emotional decisions and rationalize them afterward.
    不要做情绪性的决策，然后事后再想办法将它合理化。
21. System, one proposal will be taken to rationalize and give one set of incentives.
    系统一定会采取合理化建议，并给予一定的奖励。
22. If it is not, then you'd have to rationalize.
    如果不是，那你就必须合理化。
23. I want to go back to our energy level diagrams and see if I can rationalize energy level diagrams.
    让我们往回看，回到我们的能级图表，来看看我是否能使能级图表合理化些。
24. Attempting to define the quality measure for a requirement helps to rationalize fuzzy requirements.
    试着对需求文档建立质量标准可以帮助我们把模糊的需求更加清晰化。
25. The farther I went, the less I could rationalize going back to try the other path.
    走得越远，我就越找不到回去试另一条路的理由。
26. Provide spare part plan for process equipment, rationalize spare part inventory.
    提供所管辖的工艺设备备件储备计划，提高库存合理性。
27. He wanted to rationalize the organization of the firm.
    他想使公司的组织精简合理。
28. And now we can rationalize what is going on in the Periodic Table.
    现在我们能合理解释，元素周期表上的东西了。
29. Several suggestions were presented on how to rationalize the structure of modern logistics industry and the distribution of resources.
    文中就如何合理确立现代物流产业结构，合理配置资源方面谈及了自己的一些看法。
30. I would ask you to see how such energy level diagrams rationalize what we know to be true.
    我想问你，看看这种能级图，如何证实我们知道的是正确的。

verb

1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
   1. We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet

   Synonym:    cutprunerationalise

2. remove irrational quantities from
   1. This function can be rationalized

   Synonym:    rationalise

3. think rationally
   1. When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize

   Synonym:    rationalise

4. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
   1. rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
   2. he rationalized his lack of success

   Synonym:    apologizeapologiseexcusejustifyrationalise

5. structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
   1. We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits

   Synonym:    rationalise