The movie has been criticized for apparently legitimizing violence.

这部电影因明显地美化暴力而受到了指责。

So we must also avoid compromises that involve doing or legitimizing the things we aim to stamp out.

所以，我们不能参与到那些我们致力于铲除的作为当中去，也不可认同这样的作为，这都是我们必须避免的妥协行为。

By legitimizing this disorder, women have contributed to the social construction of PMS as an illness.

通过使这种疾病合法化，妇女已经促成了经前综合症作为一种疾病的社会建构。

Reasons-giving has not only functional and procedural effect but also legitimizing effect of agency discretion.

行政机关之理由说明制度不仅具有功能性的、程序性的作用，在行政裁量权广泛盛行的情况下。