adjective [原级] 私生的;非法的;不合理的
They discovered he had an illegitimate child. 他们发现他有一个私生子。
verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 认做私生子;认为违法
He realized that, otherwise, the election would have been dismissed as illegitimate by the international community. 他意识到,不这样的话,选举就会被国际社会以不合法为由而不予承认。
noun [专属名词] 非嫡出子;庶子
Most of them are illegitimate. 这些孩子基本上都是私生子。