lawful/legal/legitimate.导航词义：合法的

1. lawful:adj. 合法的，法律许可的.法律术语，指法律允许或认可的。

He claimed that he was the only lawful heir.

他声称自己是唯一的合法继承人。

It is not lawful to kill or injure a pet animal.

杀死或伤害宠物是犯法的。

2. legal:adj. 合法的，法律规定的.指为法律所允许或要求的。

What she has done is perfectly legal.

她的所作所为是完全合法的。

The driver had more than the legal limit of alcohol in his blood.

这名司机血液中的酒精含量超过法定限度。

3. legitimate:adj. 合法的，法律认可的.较正式用词，指为法律接受或许可的，强调合法性。

His business operations are perfectly legitimate.

他的商业活动完全合法。

The State protects the legitimate rights and interests of developers.

国家保护开发者的合法权益。

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1·Is his business strictly legitimate?

他的生意是否绝对合法？《牛津词典》

2·The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.

这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Many doctors recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

许多医生承认顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗形式。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·The government said that it has suspended all aid to Haiti until that country's legitimate government is restored.

政府说它已经暂停对海地的所有援助，直到海地恢复合法政府为止。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·The French government has condemned the coup in Haiti and has demanded the restoration of the legitimate government.

法国政府已经谴责了海地的政变，并要求恢复合法政府。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·Recreating a deceased famous actor or actress may violate their legitimate rights.

再现已故的著名演员可能会侵犯他们的合法权利。

7·I think this is a very legitimate concern, and I appreciated their drawing our attention to it.

我认为这种担忧十分合理，也感谢他们提醒我们注意这一点。

8·Is the drone pilot who clocks off after a day's work a legitimate target for those he has been hunting down?

对于那些被他追捕的人来说，在一天的工作结束后打卡下班的无人机“飞行员”是一个合法的目标吗？

9·Organizations have had legitimate and pressing reasons to shift to a new paradigm of employer-employee relations.

组织已经有了合法的和紧迫的理由来转变为一个新范式的雇主与雇员的关系。

10·In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.

实际上，白宫声称能让其不赞成的任何合法州法律作废。

合法

1·Is his business strictly legitimate?

他的生意是否绝对合法？《牛津词典》

2·The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.

这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·The government said that it has suspended all aid to Haiti until that country's legitimate government is restored.

政府说它已经暂停对海地的所有援助，直到海地恢复合法政府为止。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·The French government has condemned the coup in Haiti and has demanded the restoration of the legitimate government.

法国政府已经谴责了海地的政变，并要求恢复合法政府。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Recreating a deceased famous actor or actress may violate their legitimate rights.

再现已故的著名演员可能会侵犯他们的合法权利。

合理的

1·Many doctors recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

许多医生承认顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗形式。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·I think this is a very legitimate concern, and I appreciated their drawing our attention to it.

我认为这种担忧十分合理，也感谢他们提醒我们注意这一点。

3·As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes—both new and old—are distributed.

正如《自然》杂志之前所指出的那样，人们对科学奖项（无论新旧）的分配方式有一些合理的担忧。

4·Some of that is legitimate.

上述有些事情是合理的。

5·That is entirely legitimate and it is to be expected.

那也是完全合理的，而且是可以预料的。

正当的

1·Of course, in many instances there are legitimate reasons for joint ventures; clearly, White and minority enterprises can team up to acquire business that neither could acquire alone.

当然，在很多情况下，成立合资企业是有正当理由的;很明显，白人和少数族裔企业可以联合起来收购单独任何一方都无法收购的业务。

2·Rather, it depends on the existence of a legitimate framework of laws and institutions than can provide continuity even in the aftermath of an enormous body blow.

相反，这样的社会依赖于一个正当的法律和机构框架——可以提供延续性的安稳，即使是在遭受重大打击之后。

3·Animals, in general, now fear humans, and with legitimate reasons.

总体来说，动物现在害怕人类，且有正当理由。

4·This in itself is China's unique contribution to the process of international nuclear disarmament. China's position is legitimate and transparent.

这本身就是中国为推进国际核裁军进程做出的独特贡献，中国的立场是正当的、透明的。

5·Instead of expressing our legitimate grievances and feelings, we accuse and threaten, which only invites a similar response.

我们不是在表达自己正当的不满情绪，而是在指责、威胁对方，必然招致类似的反击。

正统的

1·Just like all the legitimate artists' proposals the Punch proposals were called cartoons, and the label stuck.

和所有正统艺术家的建议一样，《笨拙》杂志的建议书被称为漫画和标签。

2·This is a perfectly legitimate PHP V4 class.

这是一个完全正统的PHP V 4类。

3·Besides being of huge interest (it would, after all, be a legitimate answer to the question why are we here?), such a result would also have a pleasing symmetry of its own.

除了巨大的兴趣外(毕竟它将会正统在回答“为什么我们在这里”的问题)，这样的结果对于本身也将是一个值得欣喜的对称。

4·To say it for all my colleagues and for the umpteenth millionth time…: science simply cannot (by its legitimate methods) adjudicate the issue of God’s possible superintendence of nature.

这些话是对我的那些同行所说的，哪怕我已经对他们说了无数遍...:如果仅限于使用正统的科学手段，科学根本就无法对这个议题做出裁定：上帝对于自然万物的统御是可能存在的。

5·All told, incentivise isn't going to be tripping off my tongue too often, but it's more legitimate to me than incent, and its brevity speaks in its favour.

总之，我不会常用incentivise的，不过我认为得它比incent更正统，简洁是它的优势。

正版的

1·If you've ripped your own CDs or downloaded from somewhere legitimate like Amazon, then you can safely exclude your music folder.

如果你是从自己的CD上导出或从正版源下载，如亚马逊，那你该把此音乐文件夹安全排除。

2·Piracy is generally bad for business. It can undermine sales of legitimate products, deprive a company of its valuable intellectual property and tarnish its brand.

盗版总的来说是对生意不利，会影响正版产品销量，使公司丧失宝贵的知识产权，破坏品牌形象。

3·Please delete the file after download test for 24 hours, together with the claim you purchase legitimate software for long time use.

请在下载检验24小时后删去本文件，一同主张你收购正版软件用于长时间运用。

4·Most Chinese movies lose money: only around a quarter make it into theatres, and piracy means there is no legitimate DVD market.

但是大多数的中国电影是做着赔本买卖的，这是因为只有寥寥四分之一的电影能进入电影院，并且由于盗版的缘故，正版DVD的买卖几乎是不存在的。

5·I recharge through formal channels and the purchase of legitimate software, ask who is responsible for my loss?

我通过正规渠道充值和购买正版软件，请问我的损失谁负责？

合情合理的

1·This is legitimate, Algan says.

“这是合情合理的，”沃甘说。

2·And in fact, when you watch the video and listen to the Americans on board the helicopter, you can see that the crew members believed, rightly or wrongly, that they were firing on a legitimate target.

实际上，只要人们一看视频，听到直升机上几个美国大兵的对话，就会判断出——暂且不论对错——这几个人觉得向目标开火合情合理。

3·INFERENCE: a logical conclusion or a legitimate implication based on factual information.

推理：根据事实的信息而做出的逻辑性的推测或者是合情合理的暗示。

4·So great is this fear that any legitimate face-to-face meetings are consumed with talk about the real concerns, which are certainly not the economy.

这种恐惧是如此巨大，以至于任何合情合理的面对面会议都会用来讨论真正被关心的事情，而这真正被关心的事情明显不是经济问题。

5·As they stand today, both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat have a legitimate shot to win their respective conference and meet for an epic NBA Championship series.

正如他们今天的立场，无论是洛杉矶湖人队和迈阿密热队都要通过合情合理的投篮来赢得各自的东西部冠军，并赢下其史诗般的NBA总冠军赛。

(1)legitimate authority法定职权；合法权威

(1)legitimate interest合法权益；合法利益

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