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illegitimate

🇬🇧 UK/,ɪlɪ'dʒɪtɪmət/🇺🇸 US/.ili'dʒitimәt/
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Definitions

adj.

Not lawful or authorized; not conforming to accepted rules; born to unmarried parents.

非法的,不合规的;私生的

n.

A person born to unmarried parents.

私生子

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ilnot, opposite of
+
legchoose, read, gather
+
itimconnector
+
ateto make, having
=illegitimate

Common Collocations

  • 1.illegitimate claim非法要求
  • 2.illegitimate child非婚生子女
  • 3.illegitimate government非法政权

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The government declared his claim to the throne as illegitimate.

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