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

• Prior elections seem to vindicate him.
  以往的选举似乎证明了他的说法有理。
• He wanted Einstein to know, boy did we vindicate you, boy did we show that Eddington was right, despite what all the scoff was foreseeing.
  他希望爱因斯坦知道，我们的确证明你是对的，我们的确表明，爱丁顿是正确的，尽管预见到所有的嘲笑和讥讽。
• 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？
• The 2010 harvest did not seem to vindicate his judgment.
  但2010年的收成却似乎不能佐证其判断。
• He's more worried about his legacy and he believes a championship without Shaq will vindicate him too.
  他更注重的是他的成就，而且他也相信在没有鲨鱼的条件下拿到总冠军可以证明自己的能力。
• 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。
• The verdict "not guilty" vindicate him.
  无罪的判决证明了他的无罪。
• Recent observations vindicate the assumption: a direct velocity-mass correlation is even tighter than the velocity-luminosity correlation.
  最近的观测证实了这项假设：速度与质量的直接关系甚至比速度与光度的关系更为紧密。
• I must vindicate a claim to philosophical reflectiveness.
  我得作些哲理性的思考了。
• 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？