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decriminalize [sth]
后接名词或名词短语作宾语，表示使某事物合法化。
Many states have decided to decriminalize marijuana.
许多州已决定使大麻合法化。
使合法化；非刑事化
decriminalizing — present participle of decriminalize
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使合法化；非刑事化
to make (something) no longer a crime; to make legal
Many states have decided to decriminalize marijuana.
许多州已决定使大麻合法化。
使合法化。
make legal
decriminalize
Base
原形
decriminalizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
decriminalizing
-ing
现在分词
decriminalized
Past
过去式
decriminalized
Past participle
过去分词
The government plans to decriminalize marijuana.
政府计划将大麻非刑事化。
They decriminalized possession last year.
他们去年将持有行为非刑事化了。
Many countries have decriminalized drug use.
许多国家已将吸毒非刑事化。
规则及物动词
Many experts argue that we should decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use.
许多专家认为，我们应该将持有少量大麻供个人使用的行为非刑事化。
Last year, the country decriminalized the act of assisting a suicide in certain circumstances.
去年，该国将特定情况下的协助自杀行为非刑事化。
The government is considering decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use.
政府正在考虑将持有少量毒品供个人使用的行为非刑事化。
后接名词或名词短语作宾语，表示使某事物合法化。
Many states have decided to decriminalize marijuana.
许多州已决定使大麻合法化。
后接动名词短语作宾语，表示使某种行为合法化。
The government is considering decriminalizing possessing small amounts of cannabis.
政府正在考虑使持有少量大麻非刑事化。
常用被动语态，表示某行为被合法化。
Possession of small amounts of drugs was decriminalized last year.
去年，持有少量毒品被非刑事化。
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The new law decriminalizes from drug use.
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The new law decriminalizes drug use.
decriminalize 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词 'from'。
Not this
The decriminalize of cannabis was a major reform.
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The decriminalization of cannabis was a major reform.
decriminalize 是动词，不能用作名词；表示‘非刑事化’需用名词形式 decriminalization。
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及物动词，宾语常为某种行为或事物
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