• vt. 維護；證明…無辜；證明…正確

來自拉丁語vindicare,維護，堅持，保護，防衛，vin-,力量，能力，詞源同win,-dic,說，詞源同diction。引申詞義提供證據，反駁指責，證實。

vindicate

vindicate: [16] Latin vindex meant ‘claimant, defender, avenger’. From it was derived vindicāre ‘claim, defend, revenge’, which gave English vindicate, as well as (via French) avenge [14], revenge [14], and vengeance [13]. Vindicāre in turn formed the basis of vindicta ‘vengeance’, from which English gets vindictive [17] and (via Italian) vendetta [19].
=> avenge, revenge, vendetta, vengeance, vindictive

vindicate (v.)

1620s, "to avenge or revenge," from Latin vindicatus, past participle of vindicare "to stake a claim; to liberate; to act as avenger" (see vindication). Meaning "to clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration" is recorded from 1630s. Related: Vindicated, vindicating.

1. He tried hard to vindicate his honor.

他拼命維護自己的名譽.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. There are other arguments I might adduce to vindicate Shakespeare's authorship.

我還可以引用其他論據證明莎士比亞為原作者.

來自中級百科部分

3. You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.

你可別以為后代會給你昭雪沉冤.

來自辭典例句

4. I must vindicate a claim to philosophical reflectiveness.

我得作些哲理性的思考了.

來自辭典例句

5. He therefore resolved to vindicate national sovereignty by bringing great combinations to book.

因此,他決定對大聯合企業進行盤查,以維護國家主權.

來自辭典例句