Vindicate
[ 'vɪndɪket ]
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vt. 维护;证明…无辜;证明…正确;为…辩护;
💡 词根助记
vin力量+dic说+ate使→用力量说→拥护
📝 例句
vindicate one's claim [right] to...
证明自己具有…的权利
There are other arguments I might adduce to vindicate Shakespeare's authorship.
我还可以引用其他论据证明莎士比亚为原作者。
You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.
你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤。
He tried hard to vindicate his honor.
他拼命维护自己的名誉。
His untimely death may well vindicate the old adage,
他的英年早逝或许正可以印证一句老话──
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“文得剋它”:平反的人脸上的“囚”字文身得需要剋掉它
※ vin-win赢,dic-词根“说”,ate-动缀“使”:使某人说话→为…平反
※ Vindi-温蒂(人名),cat-猫,e-拼音“鹅”:温蒂为她养的猫和鹅做辩护
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-dict-表示“说”
📖 牛津释义
vindicate
v[Tn]
(fml 文)
1 clear (sb/sth) of blame or suspicion 澄清（某人[某事物]）受到的责难或嫌疑
The report fully vindicated the unions. 这份报告充分说明工会是正确的.
I consider that I've been completely vindicated. 我认为已经证实了我完全无辜.
2 show or prove the truth, justice, validity, etc (of sth that has been disputed) 表明或证明（所争辩的事物）属实、 正当、 有效等
Subsequent events vindicatedhis suspicions. 後来的事实表明他的怀疑有道理.
Her claim to the title was vindicated by historians. 她说她有权得到这一头衔, 历史学家证明此事属实.
🔁 扩展释义
*['vindikeit]vt. 辩护, 证明...无辜, 维护【法】 辩护, 辩解, 辩明
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Are you involved in any extra-curricular activities on campus?
你在学校参加过任何课外活动吗？
Yes. And another thing, would you mind not making long distance calls?
是的。还有一件事，请你别打长途电话了，好吗？
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。