vindicate

英 [ˈvɪndɪkeɪt]

美 [ˈvɪndɪkeɪt]

v.  证实; 证明有理; 澄清(责难或嫌疑); 证明(某人)无罪(责)

过去分词：vindicated　过去式：vindicated　第三人称单数：vindicates　现在分词：vindicating　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11161 / COCA.13147

牛津词典

verb

• 证实；证明有理
  to prove that sth is true or that you were right to do sth, especially when other people had a different opinion
  1. I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated.
     我完全相信这一决定的正确性将得到充分证明。
• 澄清（责难或嫌疑）；证明（某人）无罪（责）
  to prove that sb is not guilty when they have been accused of doing sth wrong or illegal
  1. New evidence emerged, vindicating him completely.
     新证据出现了，证明他完全是无辜的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 证实;证明…正确;证明…无辜
  If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideasare vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong.
  1. The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report...
     主任说专家们的报告证明了他是正确的。
  2. Ministers and officials are confident their decision will be vindicated.
     部长们和官员们相信他们的决定会被证明是正确的。

英英释义

verb

• show to be right by providing justification or proof
  1. vindicate a claim
  Synonym:justify
• clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
  1. You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel
• maintain, uphold, or defend
  1. vindicate the rights of the citizens

双语例句

• But how much confidence should we have that the Europeans will vindicate their own judgment?
  但是，我们应该在多大程度上相信欧洲人会证明自己的判断是正确的呢？
• The director said he had been vindicated by the experts 'report
  主任说专家们的报告证明了他是正确的。
• Vindicate communal order, respect other people.
  维护公共秩序，不妨碍他人。
• "Better lock it," said the officer, more to vindicate his authority than anything else.
  最好锁上，警官说，他主要是为了显示他自己的权威，倒不是为了别的。
• Pigpen: Does the premise of this book vindicate your preference for messiness?
  把周围搞得象猪圈的人：这本书的论述是不是维护了你对杂乱的偏好？
• Ministers and officials are confident their decision will be vindicated.
  部长们和官员们相信他们的决定会被证明是正确的。
• Vindicate me in your righteousness, O Lord my god; do not let them gloat over me.
  耶和华我的上帝啊，求你按你的公义判断我，不容他们向我夸耀！
• He has at least done something to vindicate the beauty of the office as well as the justness of the title.
  他起码做了一件无愧于公正人头衔和这个美好职业的事情。
• But we must not on that account forget expressly to vindicate for mechanism the right and import of a general logical category.
  但另一方面我们又须明白承认机械性具有一种普遍逻辑范畴的权利和意义。
• They said they welcomed the trial as a chance to vindicate themselves.
  他们说欢迎审判，那是证明他们无辜的机会。