| 释义 |
rationalise
rationalise
Past participle: rationalised
Gerund: rationalising
| Imperative |
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| rationalise | | rationalise |
| Present |
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| I rationalise | | you rationalise | | he/she/it rationalises | | we rationalise | | you rationalise | | they rationalise |
| Preterite |
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| I rationalised | | you rationalised | | he/she/it rationalised | | we rationalised | | you rationalised | | they rationalised |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am rationalising | | you are rationalising | | he/she/it is rationalising | | we are rationalising | | you are rationalising | | they are rationalising |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have rationalised | | you have rationalised | | he/she/it has rationalised | | we have rationalised | | you have rationalised | | they have rationalised |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was rationalising | | you were rationalising | | he/she/it was rationalising | | we were rationalising | | you were rationalising | | they were rationalising |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had rationalised | | you had rationalised | | he/she/it had rationalised | | we had rationalised | | you had rationalised | | they had rationalised |
| Future |
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| I will rationalise | | you will rationalise | | he/she/it will rationalise | | we will rationalise | | you will rationalise | | they will rationalise |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have rationalised | | you will have rationalised | | he/she/it will have rationalised | | we will have rationalised | | you will have rationalised | | they will have rationalised |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be rationalising | | you will be rationalising | | he/she/it will be rationalising | | we will be rationalising | | you will be rationalising | | they will be rationalising |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been rationalising | | you have been rationalising | | he/she/it has been rationalising | | we have been rationalising | | you have been rationalising | | they have been rationalising |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been rationalising | | you will have been rationalising | | he/she/it will have been rationalising | | we will have been rationalising | | you will have been rationalising | | they will have been rationalising |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been rationalising | | you had been rationalising | | he/she/it had been rationalising | | we had been rationalising | | you had been rationalising | | they had been rationalising |
| Conditional |
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| I would rationalise | | you would rationalise | | he/she/it would rationalise | | we would rationalise | | you would rationalise | | they would rationalise |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have rationalised | | you would have rationalised | | he/she/it would have rationalised | | we would have rationalised | | you would have rationalised | | they would have rationalised |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | rationalise - structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"rationalizeorganize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea | | 2. | rationalise - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"apologise, rationalize, apologize, justify, excusecolour, gloss, color - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"defend, fend for, support - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"extenuate, mitigate, palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" | | 3. | rationalise - think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"rationalizecerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" | | 4. | rationalise - remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"rationalizemath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | | 5. | rationalise - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"prune, rationalize, cutdo away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
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Related to rationalise: rationalise awaySynonyms for rationaliseverb structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired resultsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoningSynonyms- apologise
- rationalize
- apologize
- justify
- excuse
Related Words- colour
- gloss
- color
- plead
- defend
- fend for
- support
- extenuate
- mitigate
- palliate
verb think rationallySynonymsRelated Wordsverb remove irrational quantities fromSynonymsRelated Words- math
- mathematics
- maths
- alter
- change
- modify
verb weed out unwanted or unnecessary thingsSynonymsRelated Words- do away with
- eliminate
- get rid of
- extinguish
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