单词 | rationalise |
释义 | rationalise (once / 52765 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY rationalise: rationalisation, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising+/irrational: irrationality, irrationally, irrationals/irrationality: irrationalities/rational: irrational, nonrational, rationalise, rationalism, rationality, rationalize, rationally, rationalness, rationals/rationalisation: rationalisations/rationalism: rationalist, rationalistic/rationalist: rationalists/rationalistic: rationalistically/rationality: rationalities/rationalization: rationalizations/rationalize: rationalization, rationalized, rationalizes, rationalizing USAGE EXAMPLESSo every evening, I looked online to try to rationalise it. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) When you claim he is exaggerating, you reflect nothing but your own desire to rationalise. The Guardian(Nov 15, 2016) Eminent columnists speak calmly of the need for “harsh love” toward civilian protesters to rationalise the state’s ruthless response. The Guardian(Nov 08, 2016) 1 1v think rationally; employ logic or reason Syn|Hyper rationalize cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments 2v defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning Syn|Hypo|Hyper apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalize color, colour, gloss give a deceptive explanation or excuse for pleadoffer as an excuse or plea extenuate, mitigate, palliatelessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of defend, fend for, support argue or speak in defense of 3v structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results Syn|Hyper rationalize organise, organize cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea 4v weed out unwanted or unnecessary things 2Syn|Hyper cut, prune, rationalize do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of terminate, end, or take out v remove irrational quantities from Syn|Hyper rationalize alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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