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英语单词 maximize
英美音标 英 ['mæksɪmaɪz] 美 ['mæksɪmaɪz]
中文释义 v.使增加至最大限度;充分利用
英语例句 (1) We must maximize profits.
(2) People are expected to act so as to maximize their well-being.
(3) Its aim is to maximize the difference between their value.
(4) I'll maximize this opportunity to learn as much as I can and make as many Chinese friends as I can.
(5) Therefore in order to maximize their inverstment the city was faced with the option of reconsidering this primary space in positive new light.
中文例句 (1) 我们必须尽量增加利润。
(2) 人们总是期望他们的行动能取得最大的利益。
(3) 它的目标是最大限度地扩大它们之间价值的差距。
(4) 我要充分利用这次机会尽可能地多了解中国,对交一些中国朋友。
(5) 因此,为了最大化利用投资,政府不得不重新以一种更新更积极的理论来指导这一重要空地的利用。
vocabulary简明 When you maximize something, you make it as big as you possibly can, the way you would maximize your chances of winning the lottery if you spent all of your money on lottery tickets.
vocabulary扩展 It seems like you come across the word maximize most often in dry, boring contexts like businesses trying to "maximize" their profits or a politician wanting to "maximize" her government's potential. Regular people probably use it more often when they're talking about their computers, to mean "display a window at its largest size." When you maximize a window on your computer, you can actually see what the word means!
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 maximise
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[VERB 动词]使增加至最大限度;充分利用(或重视) If you maximize something, you make it as great in amount or importance as you can.
  [V n]
  • In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output...

    为了获得最大利润,这家公司会把产量增至最大。

  • They were looking for suitable ways of maximising their electoral support.

    他们正在寻找合适的途径来最大限度地获得选民的支持。

maximization
  • ...a pricing policy that was aimed at profit maximisation.

    着眼于实现利益最大化的定价政策

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[VERB 动词]使(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最大化 If you maximize a window on a computer screen, you make it as large as possible.
  [V n]
  • Click on the square icon to maximize the window.

    点击方框,把窗口最大化。

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