rationalize

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make something rational or more rational. British,English,Oxford,US
  2. To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour. British,English,Oxford,US
    — Vested interest, united ties, / landed gentry, rationalize. / Look who bought the myth. / By jingo, buy America.
  3. To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation. British,English,Oxford,US
  4. To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items. British,English,Oxford,US
    — At our October meeting, Membership Director George Kaufer suggested rationalizing schedules on the Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton trains. He had prepared peak-hour schedules with a focus on ensuring that trains to Hoboken alternate more equally with those to New York, rather than having a number of trains to one destination together before a train to the other city.

词形变化

rationalizes present,singular,third-person rationalizing participle,present rationalized participle,past rationalized past rationalise alternative

词汇关系

下位词
euhemerize
衍生词
backward rationalize overrationalize rationalizability rationalizable rationalization rationalisation rationalizer rerationalize

词源

From French rationaliser. By surface analysis, rational + -ize.
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