vt.合法化；使正當(dāng)

It would legitimatize renewal by the Soviet Union and therefore accelerate the nuclear arms race. 它將使蘇聯(lián)的重新試驗(yàn)合法化，從而加速核軍備競(jìng)賽。

Over the years, the Chinese government has stoked nationalism as a way to legitimatize itself amid a diminishing communist system. 多年來(lái)，中國(guó)政府已在逐漸減少的共產(chǎn)主義制度中使民族主義合法化。