verb🔗Share使合理化，辩解。 To make something rational or more rational."The company is rationalizing its production process to reduce costs and improve efficiency. "公司正在使生产流程合理化，以降低成本并提高效率。(Gōngsī zhèngzài shǐ shēngchǎn liúchéng hélǐhuà, yǐ jiàngdī chéngběn bìng tígāo xiàolǜ.)mindphilosophylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share文过饰非，自圆其说。 To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”"He was rationalizing cheating on the test by saying everyone else was doing it too, and he needed a good grade to get into college. "他为自己考试作弊文过饰非，说其他人都这么做，而且他需要好成绩才能上大学。mindphilosophycharacterhumanmorallogicactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share有理化 To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation."The math student was carefully rationalizing the denominator of the fraction to make it easier to work with. "那个数学学生正在仔细地有理化分数的分母，以便更容易计算。mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share合理化，使…合理。 To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items."The company is rationalizing its product line by reducing the number of similar items and focusing on its bestsellers. "该公司正在整合优化其产品线，减少相似产品的数量，并将重心放在畅销产品上。businesssciencetechnologyorganizationindustrysystemstructureeconomyworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share合理化，文饰。 The act of one who rationalizes."Her constant rationalizing of her late arrivals to work didn't change the fact that she was always late. "她总是为自己上班迟到找各种借口和理由 (jièkǒu hé lǐyóu)，但她总是迟到这个事实并没有改变。mindphilosophycharacterlogicattitudeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
