vindicate

• vt. 维护；证明…无辜；证明…正确

来自拉丁语vindicare,维护，坚持，保护，防卫，vin-,力量，能力，词源同win,-dic,说，词源同diction。引申词义提供证据，反驳指责，证实。

vindicate

vindicate: [16] Latin vindex meant ‘claimant, defender, avenger’. From it was derived vindicāre ‘claim, defend, revenge’, which gave English vindicate, as well as (via French) avenge [14], revenge [14], and vengeance [13]. Vindicāre in turn formed the basis of vindicta ‘vengeance’, from which English gets vindictive [17] and (via Italian) vendetta [19].
=> avenge, revenge, vendetta, vengeance, vindictive

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.

1. He tried hard to vindicate his honor.

他拼命维护自己的名誉.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. 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.

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3. You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.

你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤.

来自辞典例句

4. I must vindicate a claim to philosophical reflectiveness.

我得作些哲理性的思考了.

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5. He therefore resolved to vindicate national sovereignty by bringing great combinations to book.

因此,他决定对大联合企业进行盘查,以维护国家主权.

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