urbanize
英 ['ɜːb(ə)naɪz]
美
- vt. 使都市化；使文雅
词态变化
第三人称单数: urbanizes;过去式: urbanized;过去分词: urbanized;现在分词: urbanizing;
英英释意
- 1. make more industrial or city-like;
- "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
- 2. impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon;
- "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them"
英文词源
- urbanize (v.)
- 1640s, "to make more civil;" 1884 "to make into a city," from urban + -ize; in the latter sense from French urbaniser (1873). Related: Urbanized; urbanizing.
实用场景例句
- For China to modernize its economy, it must further industrialize, and urbanize.
- 为了使经济现代化, 中国必须扩大工业化和城市化.
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