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legitimately + [verb]
修饰动词时，多放在情态动词或助动词之后、主要动词之前。
They can legitimately use this software under the license.
根据许可证，他们可以合法地使用这个软件。
正当地；合理地；合法地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
正当地；合理地；合法地
in a way that is reasonable, proper, or accepted by law
They can legitimately use this software under the license.
根据许可证，他们可以合法地使用这个软件。
合法地,正当地,光明正大地。
In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.
She legitimately earned her promotion after years of hard work.
她经过多年努力工作，正当地赢得了晋升。
The company legitimately refused to refund the ticket because the policy was clearly stated.
由于政策规定得很清楚，公司合理地拒绝了退票。
Parents can legitimately worry about how much time children spend online.
家长有理由担心孩子们花多少时间上网。
修饰动词时，多放在情态动词或助动词之后、主要动词之前。
They can legitimately use this software under the license.
根据许可证，他们可以合法地使用这个软件。
修饰形容词时，含义接近“有理由地、正当地”，常与表示情绪或状态的形容词连用。
Residents are legitimately worried about the new construction project.
居民们有理由对新建筑项目感到担忧。
在被动语态中，legitimately 放在 be 动词和过去分词之间，强调动作的合法性。
The funds were legitimately obtained from donors.
这些资金是合法地从捐赠者那里获得的。
Not this
He was legitimate elected by the committee.
Use this
He was legitimately elected by the committee.
这里修饰动词 elected 需要用副词 legitimately，不能用形容词 legitimate；形容词只能修饰名词或作表语，不能修饰动词。
Not this
The committee is legitimately in all its decisions.
Use this
The committee is legitimate in all its decisions.
系动词 is 后接表语应使用形容词 legitimate，而 legitimately 是副词，不能作表语。改为形容词后句子结构才正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
有理由期待
Students can legitimately expect clear feedback on their work.
学生有理由期待自己的作业得到明确的反馈。
正当地主张
She can legitimately claim credit for the project's success.
她可以正当地主张这一项目的成功有她的功劳。
合理地引起担忧
The rising cost of housing legitimately concerns many young people.
住房成本的上升合理地引起了许多年轻人的担忧。
合法当选的
The new president was legitimately elected by a majority of voters.
新总统是由多数选民合法选举产生的。
合法获得的
All the evidence was legitimately obtained and presented in court.
所有证据都是合法获得并呈交法庭的。
依法行事；正当地行事
Charities must act legitimately and use donations responsibly.
慈善机构必须依法行事，并负责任地使用捐款。
Use legitimately naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想口语词legit（合法的）加上副词后缀，记住：做事合法合理，就是legitimately（正当地）。
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律或正式文书、一般书面论述 该词通常用于正式或半正式语境，在法律相关场合多指‘合法地’，在一般书面或讨论中则多指‘正当地、合理地’。日常随意口语中较少见，建议根据上下文判断。
这些词都以 -ately 结尾，结尾的非重读部分都读 /ətli/（与 legitimately 的结尾读音一致）。但它们的重音位置和重读元音与 legitimately 不同，因此并不真正押韵。拼写相似的 -ately 不要误读为 /eɪtli/，实际均读 /ətli/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.