vindication

• n. 辩护；证明无罪

词态变化

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. He called the success a vindication of his party's free-market economic policy.

他认为这次成功证明了他的政党所实行的自由市场经济政策是正确的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. There is much to be said in vindication of his claim.

有很多理由可以提出来为他的要求作辩护.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. These results are no more than a vindication of commonsense analysis.

这些结果只不过是按常理分析得出的事实。

来自辞典例句

4. The result was a vindication of all our efforts.

这一结果表明我们的一切努力是必要的.

来自辞典例句

5. It is a vindication for Li Peng, the veteran Leninist central planner.

这是老牌的列宁主义式的中央计划奉行者李鹏的成就的证明.

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