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modernize

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v.使现代化

难易程度:

modernize为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:modernized 过去分词:modernized 现在分词:modernizing 第三人称单数:modernizes 名词:modernization

词根

mod=manner(方法)

近义词, 同义词

make new  create  renew  restore  modernize    

modernize


/'mɒdənaɪz; `mɑdɚn,aɪz/
v
1 [Tn] make (sth) suitable for modern needs or habits; bring up to date 使(某事物)现代化
*modernize a transport system, a factory, farming methods 使运输系统、工厂、耕作方法现代化
* a fully modernized shop 十分现代化的商店.
2 [I] adopt modern ways or views 采用现代方法或观点; 现代化
*If the industry doesn't modernize it will not survive. 该制造业若不现代化就不能继续存在.

modernize


v
[T]
to make something such as a system or building more modern
 They need more funds to modernize the country's telephone system.
 a tastefully modernized old farmhouse
[I]
to start using more modern methods and equipment
 The business will lose money if it doesn't modernize.
>modernizern[C]
 the conflict between the modernizers and the conservatives
>modernization [,mɔdənaɪ'zeɪʃən (US) ,mɑːdərnə-/