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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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'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。
• Not to vindicate their politicians though, because it is probable that they are the same belligerent, hawkish, egotistical and self serving politicians as we have here in the Western world.
  他们没有为中国的政客们辩护，可能是因为那里的政客和西方的一样好斗、强硬、自负和自私。
• These findings vindicate my theory.
  这些发现证明了我的理论的合理性。
• 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。
• 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。
• This seemed to vindicate the "decoupling" theory that emerging markets had developed the ability to grow independently, even if the developed world was in recession.
  这似乎证实了“脱钩”论，即新兴市场已具备独立增长的能力，即使发达世界陷入了衰退。
• 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。
• Vindicate communal order, respect other people.
  维护公共秩序，不妨碍他人。
• 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）。
• 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。