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homogenize vi.均质化 vt.使均匀，使单一，使统一 When food processors homogenize milk, they make it uniform or alike, and when circumstances homogenize a neighborhood or school, the result is a group of people who generally all resemble each other. You might complain that high rents and gentrification in your town have homogenized it, leaving only wealthy professionals able to afford to live there. The Greek root, homogenes, means "of the same kind." ☆☆☆☆☆ 2006.1

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[hə'mɔdʒinaiz] To homogenize is to make something the same, or similar. When dairies homogenize milk, they mix it so the cream isn't separate from the rest of the milk, but instead all the liquid is the same consistency. In spite of ―endless talk of difference, American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 homogenise1[VERB 动词]（尤指不适宜地）使统一，使单一，使类同 If something is homogenized, it is changed so that all its parts are similar or the same, especially in a way that is undesirable.   [V n]  [disapproval]Even Brussels bureaucrats can't homogenize national cultures and tastes.哪怕是布鲁塞尔的官僚也无法使民族文化和品位单一化。homogenized...an increasingly homogenised and bland America.变得越来越一元化和乏味的美国homogenizationThey no longer worry about the homogenization of culture.他们不再担心文化的同质化。

英语单词	homogenize
英美音标	[hə'mɔdʒinaiz]
中文释义	vi.均质化 vt.使均匀，使单一，使统一
vocab简明	To homogenize is to make something the same, or similar. When dairies homogenize milk, they mix it so the cream isn't separate from the rest of the milk, but instead all the liquid is the same consistency.
vocab扩展	When food processors homogenize milk, they make it uniform or alike, and when circumstances homogenize a neighborhood or school, the result is a group of people who generally all resemble each other. You might complain that high rents and gentrification in your town have homogenized it, leaving only wealthy professionals able to afford to live there. The Greek root, homogenes, means "of the same kind."
真题原句	In spite of ―endless talk of difference, American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 homogenise 1 [VERB 动词]（尤指不适宜地）使统一，使单一，使类同 If something is homogenized, it is changed so that all its parts are similar or the same, especially in a way that is undesirable. [V n] [disapproval] Even Brussels bureaucrats can't homogenize national cultures and tastes. 哪怕是布鲁塞尔的官僚也无法使民族文化和品位单一化。 homogenized ...an increasingly homogenised and bland America. 变得越来越一元化和乏味的美国 homogenization They no longer worry about the homogenization of culture. 他们不再担心文化的同质化。
来源	2006.1

Homogenize Milk Homogenized Make Homogenization Hə'Mɔdʒinaiz Vi.均质化 Vt.使均匀，使单一，使统一