单词
modernize
英 美['mɑd?na?z]
基本信息
- vt. 使…现代化
- vi. 现代化
CET4中低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?modernizes;过去式:?modernized;过去分词:?modernized;现在分词:?modernizing;名词:?modernization;
中文词源
modernize 现代化
来自modern,现代的。
英文词源
- modernize (v.)
- 1748, from modern + -ize, or from French moderniser. Related: Modernized; modernizing; modernizer.
双语例句
- 1. It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.
- 他们使国家进行工业现代化,明显失败了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The company is caught in a double bind. If it doesn't modernize it won't make money, but if it does modernize they'll have to make people redundant because they won't need them any more.
- 这家公司进退两难. 不实行现代化就无法盈利, 要实行现代化就会有冗员,因为公司将不再需要他们.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernize the railway network.
- 政府宣布了一项高要求的计划，使铁路网现代化。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither.
- 无法实现现代化的行业已经自行衰落。
来自辞典例句
- 5. It inaugurated an effort to modernize Chinese culture and society.
- 人们开始致力于中国文化和社会现代化的事业.
来自辞典例句
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