westernize
英 ['west?na?z]
美['w?st?na?z]
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?westernizes;過去式:?westernized;過去分詞:?westernized;現(xiàn)在分詞:?westernizing;形容詞:?westernized;
中文詞源
westernize 使西方化，歐美化來自west,西方，用于指西方人，歐美人。
英文詞源
- westernize (adj.)
- also westernise, 1837, originally in reference to the U.S. West, from western + -ize.
Emigrants from Europe have brought the peculiarities of the nations and countries from whence they have originated, but are fast losing their national manners and feelings, and, to use a provincial term, will soon become "westernized." [J.M. Peck, "A New Guide for Emigrants to the West," Boston, 1837]
In reference to Europeanizing of Middle Eastern or Asian places and persons, from 1867. Related: Westernized; westernizing.
雙語例句
- 1. Both publics seem to be bypassing each other to Westernize and modernize.
- 雙方社會看起來都想繞過對方,使自己直接現(xiàn)代化和西方化.
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- 2. I am afraid that it is not easy to completely Westernize 1.3 billion Chinese people.
- 把十三億人完全西化恐怕是不容易的.
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