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

• 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 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。
• After the decision was announced on Friday, it said it was confident the US courts would vindicate the company's rights under the law and the US Constitution.
  在上周五宣布了这一决定后，该公司表示它有信心美国法院将会在法律和美国宪法内维护其公司的权利。
• 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？
• Then why-since the choice was with himself-should the individual, whose connection with the fallen woman had been the most intimate and sacred of them all, come forward to vindicate his claim to an inheritance so little desirable?
  那么，作为与这个堕落的女人关系最亲密和最神圣的一个人，既然他还有选挥的余地，何必前来公开要求这份并非求之不得的遗产呢？
• The development of national area is significant to vindicate mother country's unification, social stabilization and realize countrywide modernization.
  民族地区的发展对维护祖国统一和社会稳定、实现全国的现代化有着至关重要的作用。
• Prior elections seem to vindicate him.
  以往的选举似乎证明了他的说法有理。
• Bear market offer the buying opportunity, while bull market vindicate his bear market investments with big profits.
  熊市提供了买进的机会，牛市是用巨大的收获来证明他在的熊市时的投资（的正确性）。
• 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。
• These findings vindicate my theory.
  这些发现证明了我的理论的合理性。