| 单词 | rightful |
| 释义 | rightful (once / 1084 pages) adj Something that's rightful is deserved or legitimate. If you accidentally grab someone else's coat when you leave school, you'll have to bring it back and return it to its rightful owner. You'll frequently find rightful describing the word owner: "Police were quickly able to return the puppy to its rightful owner after the hoodlum grabbed it from the back yard." Anything or anyone with a legal right to something is considered rightful, so a newly elected U.S. president takes their rightful place as leader of the country as soon as they're sworn in. WORD FAMILYrightful: rightfully, rightfulness+/right: righted, righter, rightest, rightful, righting, rightish, rightism, rightly, rightmost, rightness, rights/rightism: rightist/rightist: rightists/rightness: rightnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe Tigers, who last won it all in 1981, hope to claim what they see as their rightful place in college football. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) “He was proud of his nation and was a real believer in Turkey’s rightful place in Europe,” Mr. Ivanovich said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Culling and even safari hunting will restore humans’ rightful place as apex predator amid an explosion in crocodiles, some argue. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj legally valid a rightful inheritance Syn just used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting 2adj having a legally established claim Syn lawful, true legitimate of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful |
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