vindicate /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪt/ TEM8 ( vindicating, vindicated, vindicates )

• 1. 

  V-T If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong. 证明是正确的 [正式]

  例：

  The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report.

  主任说专家们的报告证明他是正确的。

• 2. 

  vindication N-UNCOUNT 证明正确 [also 'a' N, usu N 'of' n]

  例：

  He called the success a vindication of his party's free-market economic policy.

  他称这次成功证明了他的政党的自由市场经济政策是正确的。