• vt. 使…現(xiàn)代化
• vi. 現(xiàn)代化

來(lái)自modern,現(xiàn)代的。

modernize (v.)

1748, from modern + -ize, or from French moderniser. Related: Modernized; modernizing; modernizer.

1. It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.

他們使國(guó)家進(jìn)行工業(yè)現(xiàn)代化,明顯失敗了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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.

這家公司進(jìn)退兩難. 不實(shí)行現(xiàn)代化就無(wú)法盈利, 要實(shí)行現(xiàn)代化就會(huì)有冗員,因?yàn)楣緦⒉辉傩枰麄?

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernize the railway network.

政府宣布了一項(xiàng)高要求的計(jì)劃，使鐵路網(wǎng)現(xiàn)代化。

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither.

無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)現(xiàn)代化的行業(yè)已經(jīng)自行衰落。

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5. It inaugurated an effort to modernize Chinese culture and society.

人們開始致力于中國(guó)文化和社會(huì)現(xiàn)代化的事業(yè).

來(lái)自辭典例句