rightfully是什么意思？

rightfully

英['raɪtfəlɪ] 美[ˈraɪtfəlɪ]

• adv. 正直地，正当地；

形容词：rightful;

例句

• the purposes for which power can be rightfully exercised 为了权力能够正当行使的目的
• Jealousy is the feeling that someone else has something that rightfully belongs to you. 嫉妒是觉得别人拥有本该属于你的东西。
• She's inherited the money which is rightfully hers. 她继承了本应属于她的钱。
• His advisers are rightfully hesitant to let the United States be sucked into the conflict. 他的顾问们都理所当然地有所犹豫，不愿让美国卷入冲突之中。
• We will fight to the bitter end to ensure our children get what is rightfully theirs. 我们会斗争到底，确保我们的孩子得到理应属于他们的东西。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  合适的;恰当的;应有的
  If you say that someone or something has returned to its rightful place or position, they have returned to the place or position that you think they should have.
  例句
  The Baltics' own democratic traditions would help them to regain their rightful place in Europe... 波罗的海各国本身的民主传统将有助于其恢复在欧洲应有的地位。 He had been denied what he believed to be his rightful position at the center of things... 他被拒绝了他认为原应属于自己的中心地位。

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  正直地;正当地；按理地；有理由地。
  the purposes for which power can be rightfully exercised 为了权力能够正当行使的目的

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. by right;
  "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"