rationalize 核心詞議：
vt. 使……合理化；使……有理化；為……找借口
vi. 實行合理化；作辯解；合理地思考
rationalize 基本解釋
速記方法
速記技巧
詞源記憶法
來自rational，合理的，經過思考的，-ize，使，化。
知識擴展
詞語辨析
cut slash cut back scale back rationalize downsize These words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business. 以上各詞均含減少、縮小之義，尤指削減經費、縮減生意。 cut to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business 指削減、縮減、裁減（尤指經費、開支、收入或生意規模）： The President has promised to cut taxes significantly. 總統承諾大幅度減稅。 Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want. 買主會竭力討價還價以壓低他們想買的房子的價格。 His salary has been cut by ten per cent. 他的薪金減少了百分之十。 Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words? 請把你的文章從5 000字刪減至3 000字好嗎？ slash [often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount （常用于報章）指大幅度削減、大大降低： The workforce has been slashed by half. 職工人數裁減了一半。 cut sth back/cut back on sth to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business 指削減、縮減、裁減（尤指經費或生意）： We had to cut back production. 我們只得減產。 scale sth back ( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business 指削減、縮減、裁減（尤指經費或生意）： The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade. 國際貨幣基金組織已經調低對未來十年的增長預測。 rationalize ( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money 指對企業或制度進行合理化改革，使合理化、使有經濟效益 downsize ( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs 指公司或機構精簡人員以降低成本。 注釋 Downsize is often used by people who want to avoid saying more obvious words like ‘dismiss’ or ‘make redundant’ because they sound too negative. 人們通常使用downsize以避免使用dismiss或make redundant等詞義明顯的詞，因為這些詞聽起來過于負面。 scale sth down to reduce the number, size or extent of sth 指減少（數量）、縮小（規模或范圍）： We are scaling down our training p
rationalize 變化形式
第三人稱單數： rationalizes
過去式： rationalized
過去分詞： rationalized
現在分詞： rationalizing
中文詞源：
rationalize 使合理化，解釋
來自 rational,合理的，經過思考的，-ize,使，化。
rationalize
精選例句
1、 They?re smart and so they rationalize what they?re doing.
他們很聰明因此他們合理化自己的行為。
常見考點例句：
- Beijing should also strengthen urban land management to rationalize the location of commercial activities and housing development .
- 北京還應當強化城鎮土地管理，使商業活動和房地產開發的選址合理化。
- Their brains were apparently too busy to rationalize their selfishness , so they fell back on their intuitive feelings about fairness .
- 顯然，他們的大腦因為太過忙碌而無法尋找借口將自己的自私行為合理化，于是，他們又重新找回了對公平的直覺判斷。
- We would rather justify , rationalize , explain and blame someone or something for our obesity , than take complete responsibility for our fat selves .
- 為了我們的肥胖，我們可以為某個人或某些事情辯解，讓他們合理化，或者轉而去責怪他們，而不是為我們的肥胖完全付起責任。
- Many people routinely deceive themselves to rationalize dishonest behavior .
- 很多人為了使自己的欺騙行為趨于合理而長期自欺欺人。
- Sometimes it can be difficult to separate the two types of fear because ego-fear will rationalize itself as healthy fear , e.g. " I don 't want to talk to that stranger because they could attack me , or waste my time . "
- 有時候很難區分這兩種恐懼，因為“自己嚇自己可能會將自己理性化，如”我不想和陌生人說話，因為他們可能會傷害我，或者浪費我的時間。