vindicate
vindicate 英 [ˈvɪndɪkeɪt] 美 [ˈvɪndɪˌket]
vt. 维护，辩护
进行时:vindicating 过去式:vindicated 过去分词:vindicated 第三人称单数:vindicates 名词复数:vindicates
- Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea — or to absolve from guilt. If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on Thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger brother fesses up.
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- vt. 维护，辩护
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1. He tried hard to vindicate his honor.
他拼命维护自己的名誉。
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2. Subsequent events vindicated the policy.
后来的事实证明那政策是对的。
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3. New evidence emerged, vindicating him completely.
新证据出现了，证明他完全是无辜的。
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4. 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。
- vindicate (v.) 1620s, "to avenge or revenge," from Latin vindicatus, past participle of vindicare "to stake a claim; to liberate; to act as avenger" (see vindication). Meaning "to clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration" is recorded from 1630s. Related: Vindicated, vindicating.
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