学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3481 vindicate

 今天我们要学的词是 vindicate¹.

 

vindicate 的意思是维护、证明其正当性。 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a big majority for his Conservative Party in Thursday's general election, vindicating² his decision to call an election. 英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在星期四大选中赢得了保守党在议会的绝大多数席位，证明他决定举行大选是对的。

 

When given the opportunity to vindicate himself during an ABC interview this month, Hunter Biden vowed³ to divest⁴ himself from his investments in China and not serve on the board of any other foreign entities⁵, like he did in Ukraine. 当亨特·拜登本月有机会在美国广播公司的采访中为自己辩护时，他发誓要放弃在中国的投资，并不再像在乌克兰那样担任任何其他外国实体的董事。

1 vindicate   

v.为…辩护或辩解，辩明；证明…正确

参考例句：

• He tried hard to vindicate his honor.他拼命维护自己的名誉。
• How can you vindicate your behavior to the teacher?你怎样才能向老师证明你的行为是对的呢？

2 vindicating   

v.澄清（某人/某事物）受到的责难或嫌疑( vindicate的现在分词 )；表明或证明（所争辩的事物）属实、正当、有效等；维护

参考例句：

• Protesters vowed to hold commemorative activities until Beijing's verdict vindicating the crackdown was overturned. 示威者誓言除非中国政府平反六四，否则一直都会举行悼念活动。 来自互联网

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 divest   

v.脱去，剥除

参考例句：

• I cannot divest myself of the idea.我无法消除那个念头。
• He attempted to divest himself of all responsibilities for the decision.他力图摆脱掉作出该项决定的一切责任。

5 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。