vindication

英 [,v?nd?'ke???n] 美[,v?nd?'ke??n]

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動(dòng)詞:?vindicate;

vindication (n.): late 15c., "act of avenging, revenge," from Old French vindicacion "vengeance, revenge" and directly from Latin vindicationem (nominative vindicatio) "act of claiming or avenging," noun of action from past participle stem of vindicare "lay claim to, assert; claim for freedom, set free; protect, defend; avenge" (related to vindicta "revenge"), probably from vim dicare "to show authority," from vim, accusative of vis "force" + root of dicere "to say" (see diction). Meaning "justification by proof, defense against censure" is attested from 1640s.

1. He called the success a vindication of his party's free-market economic policy.: 他認(rèn)為這次成功證明了他的政黨所實(shí)行的自由市場(chǎng)經(jīng)濟(jì)政策是正確的。

2. There is much to be said in vindication of his claim.: 有很多理由可以提出來(lái)為他的要求作辯護(hù).

3. These results are no more than a vindication of commonsense analysis.: 這些結(jié)果只不過(guò)是按常理分析得出的事實(shí)。

4. The result was a vindication of all our efforts.: 這一結(jié)果表明我們的一切努力是必要的.

5. It is a vindication for Li Peng, the veteran Leninist central planner.: 這是老牌的列寧主義式的中央計(jì)劃奉行者李鵬的成就的證明.