rationalized

英 [ˈræʃnəlaɪzd]

美 [ˈræʃnəlaɪzd]

v.  对…进行理性的解释; 对…加以科学的说明; 使合理化; 进行合理化改革; 使有经济效益
rationalize的过去分词和过去式

过去式：rationalized　过去分词：rationalized　

BNC.43147 / COCA.35433

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 rationalise


• VERB 使…合理化;对…进行理性解释
  If you try torationalizeattitudes or actions that are difficult to accept, you think of reasons to justify or explain them.
  1. He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace...
     他坚信自己实际上是在促进和平，以此进一步将自己的行为合理化。
  2. I poured my thoughts out on paper in an attempt to rationalize my feelings.
     我把自己的想法一股脑地写在纸上，以试图给自己的感受找个说辞。
• VERB 精简;（通常指通过削减员工和设备）使更有效率
  When a company, system, or industryis rationalized, it is made more efficient, usually by getting rid of staff and equipment that are not essential.
  1. The network of 366 local offices is being rationalised to leave the company with 150 to 200 larger branch offices.
     该公司曾经拥有的366个地方办事处正被精简为150到200个规模较大的分支机构。

双语例句

• The economic revolution was in large degree responsible for the political because it created new classes with new interests and with new ideologies that rationalized those interests.
  而且在很大程度上可以说是经济革命决定着政治革命，因为它产生了一个有新利益、有使其利益合理化的新意识形态的新阶级。
• However, their motives are often rationalized or even ennobled as a clearly definable cultural expression.
  批评界往往将流放的动机合理化、逻辑化，使这一现象成为可以做出精确阐释的文化表态。
• Life has been rationalized by science.
  科学已将生活合理化。
• The condition of women employment has remained stable, and the employment structure is being rationalized.
  妇女就业状况稳定，就业结构趋于合理。
• But these kinds of rationalized decisions can spin out of control.
  但这种自欺欺人的决定可能会失去控制。
• Many of the above-mentioned trends can be rationalized in terms of quasi-steady diffusion theory.
  上述的许多问题可用准稳态扩散理论加以推理。
• At the same time, the plight of the poor remains ignored, or even rationalized in various ways.
  同时，他们对穷人的境遇要么漠然置之，要么就用各种方式将贫富分化的状况合理化。
• That "business outcome" could be cost and complexity reduction via a rationalized IT portfolio.
  该“业务产出”可以是成本评估及通过合理的IT组合所带来的降低的复杂性。
• Happiness is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalized.
  幸福犹如宗教，是一种神秘的东西，永远不要对它加以理性的阐释。
• City planning and construction shall follow the principle to have land use economized and rationalized.
  城市规划和建设应当遵循节约用地、合理用地的原则。