及物動詞使合理化; 據(jù)理解釋; 使消根; 文飾
rationalize
及物動詞
1. Life has been rationalized by science.
科學(xué)已將生活合理化。
1. 精簡;合理厘定;合理調(diào)整:ratio promotion 按比例升級 | rationalize 精簡;合理厘定;合理調(diào)整 | raw case 未經(jīng)審查的個案
2. 有理化:rationalization 有理化 | rationalize 有理化 | rationally equivalent 有理等價的
3. 使合理化:rush沖 | rationalize使合理化 | rational理性的a
1. 使…合理化;對…進行理性解釋
If you try to rationalize attitudes or actions that are difficult to accept, you think of reasons to justify or explain them.
rationalize
e.g. He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace...
他堅信自己實際上是在促進和平,以此進一步將自己的行為合理化。
e.g. I poured my thoughts out on paper in an attempt to rationalize my feelings.
我把自己的想法一股腦地寫在紙上,以試圖給自己的感受找個說辭。
2. 精簡;(通常指通過削減員工和設(shè)備)使更有效率
When a company, system, or industry is rationalized, it is made more efficient, usually by getting rid of staff and equipment that are not essential.
e.g. The network of 366 local offices is being rationalised to leave the company with 150 to 200 larger branch offices.
該公司曾經(jīng)擁有的366個地方辦事處正被精簡為150到200個規(guī)模較大的分支機構(gòu)。