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

• He tried hard to vindicate his honor.
  他拼命维护自己的名誉。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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 success of the operation completely vindicate my faith in the doctor.
  手术的成功完全证明我对这大夫的信任是正确的。
• 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？
• How would you vindicate your failure to your family?
  你将如何向你家人解释你的失败？
• 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）。
• Prior elections seem to vindicate him.
  以往的选举似乎证明了他的说法有理。
• 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。