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

• But in the United States, some degree of animal suffering is rationalized in the name of learning.
  但是在美国，为达到求知目的而使动物承受一定程度的痛苦则是合法的。
• We rationalized the production system so that one operator could control all three machines.
  我们改进了生产系统，这样一名操作工人就可以统管三部机器了。
• 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。
• 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。
• An analogous situation can happen when code is refactored to collapse the code base down to a more carefully rationalized set of routines or components.
  类似的情况出现在当重构代码，将代码基数分为更谨慎地合理的程序或组件集合的时候。
• Society and industry had been rationalized and modernized.
  社会和工业已达到合理化和现代化。
• You have cleverly rationalized what the gurus and holy books have taught you.
  你很聪明的把古鲁或者圣经上的教导在自己内心中合理化了。
• Life has been rationalized by science.
  科学已将生活合理化。
• Objective: To acquire the current salary situation of nurses in Shanghai and give some rationalized suggestions by investigation.
  目的：通过现况调查掌握目前上海市护理人员薪资的基本情况及护士对薪资的满意度，根据结果提出建议。
• 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。