
illegitimate
词源
源自拉丁语 'illegitimus',由否定前缀 'il-' 和 'legitimus'(合法的)组成,14世纪进入英语。
adjective
❶ 指不符合法律或社会规范的,常用来描述非婚生子女或未经合法程序获得的事物。
“The child was considered illegitimate because his parents were not married.”
(这个孩子被认为是非婚生的,因为他的父母没有结婚。)
“The court ruled the contract illegitimate due to fraud.”
(法院因欺诈行为裁定该合同无效。)
❶ 指逻辑上不合理的或不符合规则的,常用于学术或正式场合。
“The professor pointed out the illegitimate use of statistics in the research paper.”
(教授指出了研究论文中统计方法的不当使用。)
“His argument was dismissed as illegitimate because it relied on false assumptions.”
(他的论点因基于错误假设而被视为无效。)
常见短语
illegitimate child — 指非婚生子女,即父母未结婚时出生的孩子,历史上常带有社会偏见。
“In the past, illegitimate children often faced discrimination in society.”
(过去,非婚生子女常常在社会中面临歧视。)
illegitimate government — 指通过非民主或非法手段获得权力的政府,缺乏民众认可。
“The rebels refused to recognize the new regime as anything but an illegitimate government.”
(叛乱分子拒绝承认新政权,认为它只是一个非法政府。)