legitimised v. (使)(坏事或不正当的事)看起来可以接受;(使)合法化;赋予(非婚生子)合法权利(legitimise 的过去式及过去分词,legitimise 等于legitimize)
- All the values that would have maintained their authority in the past, which legitimised their rule of society, have a much weaker status today.
在过去曾经维护他们的权威,使他们对社会的统治变得合法化的所有价值体系,如今已经大大地削弱了地位。