It would legitimatize renewal by the Soviet Union and therefore accelerate the nuclear arms race. 它將使蘇聯的重新試驗合法化，從而加速核軍備競賽。
Over the years, the Chinese government has stoked nationalism as a way to legitimatize itself amid a diminishing communist system. 多年來，中國政府已在逐漸減少的共產主義制度中使民族主義合法化。
常用短語
He married her in good earnest, and legitimatized..all the other children.