vt.合法化；使正当

It would legitimatize renewal by the Soviet Union and therefore accelerate the nuclear arms race. 它将使苏联的重新试验合法化，从而加速核军备竞赛。

Over the years, the Chinese government has stoked nationalism as a way to legitimatize itself amid a diminishing communist system. 多年来，中国政府已在逐渐减少的共产主义制度中使民族主义合法化。