Word · Frequency #7362
legitimacy
合法（性）；有效（性）
核心释义
The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness or validity.
- 1.
合法或有效的性质或状态；有效性。
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
- 2.
合法性；因授权或符合法律而具有的合法性
lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
- 3.
出生或出身的合法性；影响王位继承的直接血统。
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
- 4.
不容置疑的可靠性；公认的可信度
undisputed credibility
可信度；可信性；合法婚生；嫡出；合法或有效的性质或状态；有效性。；合法性；因授权或符合法律而具有的合法性；出生或出身的合法性；影响王位继承的直接血统。
用法In use
The legitimacy of the new regulation was challenged in court.
用法提示：此处 legitimacy 为名词，意为‘合法性’，指新法规在法律上有效且正当。
The official checked the legitimacy of the documents before issuing the permit.
用法提示：此处 legitimacy 为名词，指文件在法律或程序上的有效性/合法性。
The committee confirmed the legitimacy of the voting process.
用法提示：此处 legitimacy 为名词，指投票过程符合规定、具有法律效力。
the legitimacy of something
The court questioned the legitimacy of the contract.
法院质疑这份合同的合法性。
to challenge/accept the legitimacy of something
注意动词搭配：challenge, question, accept, recognize等。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- political legitimacy
- 政治合法性
- The government is seeking to establish its political legitimacy.政府正试图建立其政治合法性。
- moral legitimacy
- 道德正当性
- Many people questioned the moral legitimacy of the war.许多人质疑这场战争的道德正当性。
- legitimacy of the government
- 政府的合法性
- The legitimacy of the government was recognized by the international community.该政府的合法性得到了国际社会的承认。
- challenge the legitimacy
- 挑战合法性
- The opposition party challenged the legitimacy of the election results.反对党挑战选举结果的合法性。
- legitimacy crisis
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Legitimacy中的'legit'像'立法'，联想法律认可即合法，记忆为'立法即得合法'。
语境与语域Context & Register
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发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -cy ending but have different stress patterns; none rhyme perfectly with 'legitimacy' (stressed syllable /dʒɪt/). Words like 'democracy' and 'diplomacy' have second-syllable stress but different vowels; 'accuracy', 'privacy', and 'advocacy' stress the first syllable.
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.