modernize

英 美 ['mɑdɚnaɪz]
  • vt. 使…现代化
  • vi. 现代化

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。

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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.

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