le·git·i·mate
adjective/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/
/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/
- for which there is a fair and acceptable reason
正当合理的；合情合理的 - a legitimate grievance
正当的投诉 - It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.
这似乎是完全合乎情理的问题。 - Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.
政客理所当然成为讽刺的对象。
Extra Examples- Parents' concerns about the disease are quite legitimate.
父母对这种疾病的担忧是完全合理的。 - People have a legitimate expectation that their politicians should be honest.
人们合理地期望他们的政客应该诚实。 - The court ruled that celebrities' children were not a legitimate target for press intrusion.
法院判定名人子女不应成为媒体侵扰的目标。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- consider something
- …
- completely
- entirely
- perfectly
- …
- a legitimate grievance
- allowed and acceptable according to the law
合法的；法律认可的；法定的 - the legitimate government of the country
这个国家的合法政府 - Is his business strictly legitimate?
他的生意是否绝对合法？ - The legitimate government was reinstated after the uprising.
暴动平息后，合法政府重新执政。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- consider something
- …
- completely
- entirely
- perfectly
- …
- the legitimate government of the country
- (of a child) born when its parents are legally married to each other
合法婚姻所生的
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘born of parents lawfully married to each other’): from medieval Latin legitimatus ‘made legal’, from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus ‘lawful’, from lex, leg- ‘law’.