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illegitimacy

/il-i-jit-uh-muh-see/US // ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mə si //

非法性,非法行为,非法移民,非法性问题

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural il·le·git·i·ma·cies.

    • : the state or quality of being illegitimate.

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Examples

  • Pheu Thai and smaller parties could still pass laws, but those could be subject to charges of “illegitimacy” later.

  • They play to chords of resentment and cast a veneer of illegitimacy over actions and lives lived honorably.

  • But to deduce from this a fragility, if not illegitimacy, in the NTC makes no sense.

  • So, Holbrooke went to Kabul and blasted Karzai for the corruption, inefficiency, and illegitimacy of his government.

  • Violet Walbridge was a failure at illegitimacy and lawless passion, and, what was worse, she knew it.

  • The spectres of illegitimacy and civil ruin are what would stare them in the face, and turn their very lips so white.

  • But the story of his illegitimacy and foreign birth was current long before this date was established.

  • The best aspects both of legitimacy and of illegitimacy were to be stereoscoped in the perfect birth.

  • The subject is difficult and unpleasant: illegitimacy is wicked and, therefore, must not be talked about.