"legalized" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 合法化

Definition

指由政府或權威機構使原本非法的事情變成合法。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Legalized” 多用於正式或法律場合，常指政府批准“legalized gambling”（賭博合法化）、“legalized marijuana”（大麻合法化）等原先非法的事物。日常普通允許不會用這個詞。

Examples

Gambling was legalized in the city last year.

這座城市去年**合法化**了賭博。

Same-sex marriage was legalized by the government.

政府**合法化**了同性婚姻。

The drug was recently legalized for medical use.

這種藥最近被**合法化**用於醫療用途。

After years of debate, recreational marijuana was finally legalized.

經過多年的辯論，娛樂用大麻終於被**合法化**了。

Protests stopped once the activity was legalized.

一旦該活動被**合法化**，抗議就停止了。

Can you believe alcohol was once not legalized in some countries?

你能相信在一些國家酒精曾經沒有被**合法化**嗎？