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.
双语例句
- 1. The government is trying to urbanize this area.
- 政府正在设法把这一地区城市化。
来自辞典例句
- 2. 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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