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in vindication of sth
in vindication of 表示“为……辩护”，后接名词或名词短语。
He spoke in vindication of his colleague's reputation.
他发言为他同事的名誉辩护。
辩护；辩白；证明无辜
vindications — plural of vindication
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辩护；辩白；证明无辜
the act of clearing someone of blame or defending against criticism
He spoke in vindication of his colleague's reputation.
他发言为他同事的名誉辩护。
维护或坚持的行为；主张；断言。
An act of asserting or maintaining; an assertion.
证明无辜、洗清嫌疑或证实某主张的证据、事实等。
An argument, fact, piece of evidence, etc., which vindicates (“clears someone of an accusation or suspicion; justifies a belief or claim by providing evidence or proof”).
证明无辜；洗清嫌疑；被证明正确的状态。
The action of vindicating; also, the state of being vindicated.
因被证明正确而产生的应有满足感；平反的快感。
A feeling of deserved satisfaction that comes from being proven correct.
The committee's final report was a vindication of the engineer's warnings about the bridge.
委员会的最终报告证明了这位工程师关于桥梁的警告是正确的。
She considered the award a vindication of her unusual methods.
她认为这个奖项证明了她独特方法的正确性。
The new evidence provided a long-awaited vindication for the wrongly accused man.
新证据为那位被冤枉的人提供了期盼已久的清白。
in vindication of 表示“为……辩护”，后接名词或名词短语。
He spoke in vindication of his colleague's reputation.
他发言为他同事的名誉辩护。
常用 as vindication for/of sth 表示“作为……的证明或辩护”。
The ruling was seen as vindication for their claims.
这项裁决被视为对他们主张的证明。
seek vindication 是常见动宾搭配，意为“寻求平反或证明自己无辜”。
She sought vindication in the court of public opinion.
她寻求在公众舆论中获得平反。
Not this
He will vindication his decision in public.
Use this
He will vindicate his decision in public.
will 后应接动词原形，而 vindication 是名词，不能作谓语；表达“为……辩护”要用动词 vindicate。此处将名词误用作动词，改为动词原形 vindicate 即可。
Not this
He spoke in vindication for his client.
Use this
He spoke in vindication of his client.
固定搭配是 in vindication of（为……辩护/申辩），介词用 of 引出被辩护的对象。受中文“为……辩护”的影响，学习者易用 for，但英语中该短语只用 of，故把 for 改为 of。
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彻底的平反；完全证实
The new evidence was a complete vindication of his claims.
新证据完全证实了他的说法。
公开的平反
She received a public vindication after years of doubt.
经过多年的怀疑，她得到了公开的平反。
最终的证实
This ruling is the ultimate vindication of our position.
这一裁决是对我们立场的最终证实。
个人名誉的恢复
Winning the case was a personal vindication for the lawyer.
赢得这场官司对这位律师来说是个人名誉的恢复。
道义上的辩护
His apology was seen as a moral vindication of the victims.
他的道歉被视为对受害者道义上的辩护。
法律上的平反
The court's decision provided legal vindication for the accused.
法院的裁决为被告提供了法律上的平反。
《女权辩护》
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is widely considered a foundational work of feminism.
玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特的《女权辩护》被广泛认为是女权主义的基础性著作。
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记忆画面：法庭上证据确凿，被告获判无罪，赢得清白——即 vindication（辩护成功）。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律语境、正式书面讨论或辩论 vindication 通常用于正式或书面语境，如法律、政治或学术讨论中，表示证明某人或某事正确、无辜或合理。日常口语中较少直接使用这个词，多会换用 prove 或 defend 等动词表达。
All six words rhyme with vindication: their last two syllables are the same stressed /eɪ/ + /ʃən/, spelled -ation. Beware lookalikes: 'vindicate' (/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/) ends in /eɪt/, not /eɪʃən/, and 'vindictive' (/vɪnˈdɪktɪv/) shares only the root, not the ending.
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