vindicate

vindicate

英 ['vɪndɪkeɪt]
　　美 ['vɪndɪket]

vt. 維護；證明…無辜；證明…正確

中文詞源：

vindicate 證實

來自拉丁語vindicare,維護，堅持，保護，防衛，vin-,力量，能力，詞源同win,-dic,說，詞源同diction。引申詞義提供證據，反駁指責，證實。

例句：

1. He tried hard to vindicate his honor.
他拼命維護自己的名譽.

2. There are other arguments I might adduce to vindicate Shakespeare's authorship.
我還可以引用其他論據證明莎士比亞為原作者.

3. You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.
你可別以為後代會給你昭雪沉冤.

4. I must vindicate a claim to philosophical reflectiveness.
我得作些哲理性的思考瞭.

5. He therefore resolved to vindicate national sovereignty by bringing great combinations to book.
因此,他決定對大聯合企業進行盤查,以維護國傢主權.