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 municipal government decided that some small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises be rationalized
  市府决定将对部分中小型国有企业实行关停并转
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Society and industry had been rationalized and modernized.
  社会和工业已达到合理化和现代化。
• 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。
• 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。
• In order to obtain higher efficiency the operational mechanism has to be rationalized.
  为提高效率，必须使经营机制合理化。
• He rationalized his cheating by saying that everyone else cheated.
  他用大家都作弊为自己的作弊行为文过饰非。