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modernize v.(使) 现代化 (1) 他们没能使他们的工厂现代化。(2) 遗憾的是我们缺乏现代化所需的财力。 When you modernize something, you bring it up to date. You could modernize your office by buying new computers, for example, or modernize your antique car by installing seat belts and a stereo. At the heart of modernize is the adjective modern, "relating to the present time" or "up-to-date." In Shakepeare, the word modern is often used to mean "ordinary," although today there's more of a sense of "the very latest technology."

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英 ['mɒdənaɪz] 美 ['mɑːdərnaɪz] (1) They have failed to modernize their factories.(2) Unfortunately we lack the resources to modernize. To modernize is to adjust or improve something, especially in a way that uses new technology. You might modernize your grandmother's kitchen by buying her a microwave and an espresso machine. in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 modernise1[VERB 动词]使现代化 To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones.   [V n]...plans to modernize the refinery...使精炼厂现代化的计划There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。modernizingIn effect, modernizing societies are portrayed as battlegrounds.实际上，正在实现现代化的社会被描述成战场。modernization...the modernization of the region.该地区的现代化...a five-year modernization programme.实现现代化的五年计划

英语单词	modernize
英美音标	英 ['mɒdənaɪz] 美 ['mɑːdərnaɪz]
中文释义	v.(使) 现代化
英语例句	(1) They have failed to modernize their factories. (2) Unfortunately we lack the resources to modernize.
中文例句	(1) 他们没能使他们的工厂现代化。 (2) 遗憾的是我们缺乏现代化所需的财力。
vocabulary简明	To modernize is to adjust or improve something, especially in a way that uses new technology. You might modernize your grandmother's kitchen by buying her a microwave and an espresso machine.
vocabulary扩展	When you modernize something, you bring it up to date. You could modernize your office by buying new computers, for example, or modernize your antique car by installing seat belts and a stereo. At the heart of modernize is the adjective modern, "relating to the present time" or "up-to-date." In Shakepeare, the word modern is often used to mean "ordinary," although today there's more of a sense of "the very latest technology."
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 modernise 1 [VERB 动词]使现代化 To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones. [V n] ...plans to modernize the refinery... 使精炼厂现代化的计划 There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system. 我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。 modernizing In effect, modernizing societies are portrayed as battlegrounds. 实际上，正在实现现代化的社会被描述成战场。 modernization ...the modernization of the region. 该地区的现代化 ...a five-year modernization programme. 实现现代化的五年计划

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