/'pɜ:sənəlaɪz; `pɝsnl,aɪz/
v
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] mark (sth) in order to show that it belongs to a person, esp by putting his address or initials on it 在某物上作物主标志（尤指标示物主的地址或姓名的首字母）
*handkerchiefs personalized with her initials 有她的姓名首字母的手帕
* [attrib 作定语] a personalized number-plate, ie one on a car, with personally selected letters 有个人选择字母标记的汽车号码牌.
2 [Tn] cause (sth) to become concerned with personal matters or feelings 使（某事物）针对个人、带有个人感情或个人化
*We don't want to personalize the issue. 我们不想把问题搞得个人化了.

v [T]
to put your name or initials on something, or to decorate it in your own way, to show that it belongs to you
　Why not do something to personalize your office?
to design or change something so that it is suitable for a particular person
　All the products can be personalized to the client's exact requirements.
to discuss a subject by talking about or criticizing the people who are involved in it, rather than talking about it in a more general way
　the mass media's tendency to personalize politics
>personalizedadj
　a personalized number plate