westernize
美音:
[´westə´naız
]英音:
[´westə´naız
]v.使西洋化,使欧化
难易程度:
westernize为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:westernized 过去分词:westernized 现在分词:westernizing 第三人称单数:westernizes 名词:westernization
westernize
/-aɪz; ,naɪz/
v [Tn] make (an Eastern country, person, etc) more like one in the West, esp in ways of living and thinking, institutions, etc 使(东方的国家、人等)西方化(尤指生活、思想、风俗、制度等方面)
*The island became fully westernized after the war. 这个岛战後已全盘西化了.
westernize
v [T usually passive]
to bring customs, business methods etc that are typical of Europe and the US to other countries
Tunisian culture has been westernized.
>westernization [,westənaɪ'zeɪʃən (US) -tərnə-/