This loya jirga is intended to legitimise the power sharing arrangement set up in Bonn and begin to iron out at least some of the inequalities in representation.

这个大国民议会是一个在波恩建立起来的分配权利的安排，解决了一些代表席位不平均的问题。

||1: OAKSTERDAM university, a self-proclaimed “cannabis college” in Oakland, California, has been called everything from “the Princeton of Pot” to “the Harvard of Hemp”. ||2: Its founder, Richard Lee, has become the public face of the movement to legitimise marijuana. ||3: A paraplegic, he uses the drug for medical purposes, which is legal in California and 15 other states and in the District of Columbia. ||4: He also runs a dispensary for medical marijuana and sponsored a 2010 ballot measure in California to legalise marijuana completely in small amounts, whether medicinal or recreational. ||5: That measure failed narrowly, but the idea of legalization continues to win converts.

||1:奥克斯特丹大学自称是加利福尼亚州奥克兰市的“大麻学院”，也先后被人称为“大麻罐的普林斯顿大学”和“大麻的哈佛大学”。||2:它的创始人理查德?李在大麻合法化运动中已经是公众最耳熟能详的人。||3:他是个截瘫患者，需要用大麻来治疗，这在加利福尼亚和其余15州，以及哥伦比亚特区是合法的。||4:他同时也经营着一所药用大麻的药店，2010年在加利福尼亚州还发起了小剂量使用大麻合法化的投票统计运动，不管是用于医学还是娱乐活动。||5:这次统计几乎失败，但大麻合法化的观念却继续赢得支持，人们纷纷改变立场。

||1:It is probably too late to save the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).||2:Iran has been complying, but critics in America complain that its temporary restrictions will ultimately legitimise the nuclear programme and that the deal will not stop Iran from producing missiles or sowing murder and mayhem abroad.||3:President Donald Trump pulled America out of the agreement last year, calling it a “disaster”.||4:It is not, but that damage is done.||5:Renewed sanctions on Iran and the threat to punish anyone who trades with it have wrecked what is left of the agreement.||6:Last week America cancelled waivers that let some countries continue to buy Iranian oil.||7:It is extending sanctions to Iran’s metals exports.||8:Instead of reaping the benefits of co-operation, Iran has been cut off from the global economy.||9:The Rial has plummeted, inflation is rising and wages are falling. The economy is in crisis.

||1:核协议全称为《联合全面行动计划》(JCPOA)，拯救核协议为时已晚。||2:伊朗一直在遵守协议，但美国的批评人士抱怨称，其临时限制将最终使核计划合法化，该协议不能阻止伊朗生产导弹，更不能阻止其在海外制造谋杀和破坏。||3:去年，唐纳德·特朗普总统宣布美国退出该协议，称核协议为一场“灾难”。||4:事实并非如此，但损害已经造成。||5:对伊朗的新一轮制裁，以及扬言要惩罚任何与伊朗交易的国家的威胁，破坏了协议的剩余部分。||6:上周，美国取消了允许一些国家继续购买伊朗石油的豁免。||7:正将制裁范围扩大到伊朗的金属出口。||8:伊朗非但没有从合作中获益，反而被切断了与全球经济的联系。||9:里亚尔暴跌，通货膨胀上升，工资下降。伊朗经济正处于危机。

Its credibility depends largely on the reflected glamour of natural selection which biology proper is said to legitimise .

该理论的可信性主要在于生物学视自然选择为正统学说。

First, Mr Suleiman must lift the state of emergency, so as to legitimise the protests and knock back the regime’s security forces.

首先，苏莱曼（Suleiman）必须解除紧急状态，让抗议示威活动合法化并撤走政府安全部队。

Zia ul Haq, his successor, tried to legitimise his military coup by pledging to Islamise the country.

他的继任者ZiaulHag试图通过发誓将国家伊斯兰化为他的军事政变寻求合理依据。

By harassing his rivals and rewriting the constitution to legitimise his power-grab, he damaged every important institution.

通过迫害对手、重新改订宪法，他的夺权行为合法化了，也损害了每个重要的季后。

How does one legitimise a state built on the old KGB principles of force and fraud?

一个建立在暴力和欺诈的老克格勃原则上的国家如何合法化？

The rest of the region, led by Brazil, says that this would legitimise a coup.

以巴西为首其他拉美国家则声称，上述行为使得这次政变合法化。

Sometimes worldly rulers draw on religious symbolism to enforce their authority, impress their subjects or legitimise war.

有些时候，世俗统治者利用宗教符号来强化其权威，打动其子民或是让战争合法化。

Fumble a decision on Ivory Coast, and this may well legitimise all manner of incumbents holding on to power unconstitutionally.

在科特迪瓦问题上胡乱做决定，很可能会让各种靠违宪手段掌权的当权者合法。

Before inviting the Supreme Court to legitimise his coup, General Musharraf felt compelled to sack half its members.

在请最高法院正式承认他领导的政变之前，穆沙拉夫将军给了他们一个下马威，解雇了一半的最高法院成员。

It will legitimise sex - far from helping girls resist pressure, it will help boys bully girls into sex.

这么做只会使性行为合法化——哪里是减轻女生的压力，分明是怂恿男生把女生弄上床。