World of Warcraft played a huge role in legitimising multiplayer gaming for the masses.
魔兽世界在使大众多人游戏合法化方面发挥了巨大作用。
中国小历史
They devised hand signals, secret codes as well as a complex initiation ceremony to legitimise the group.
他们设计了手势、密码以及复杂的入会仪式来使该团体合法化。
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You know, the way that this was legitimised in just a matter of months because, you know, where did the sledgehammer come from?
你知道，这在短短几个月内就被合法化了，因为，你知道，大锤是从哪里来的？
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A less familiar culprit is Don Hamachek, an American psychologist, who in the 1970s coined the term " normal perfectionism" , thereby legitimising morbid self-criticism, says Mr Curran.
Legitimation or legitimization is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within a given society. It is the process of making something acceptable and normative to a group or audience.