modernize

• vt. 使…現代化
• vi. 現代化

來自modern,現代的。

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.

他們使國家進行工業現代化,明顯失敗了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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.

這家公司進退兩難. 不實行現代化就無法盈利, 要實行現代化就會有冗員,因為公司將不再需要他們.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

政府宣布了一項高要求的計劃，使鐵路網現代化。

來自辭典例句

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

無法實現現代化的行業已經自行衰落。

來自辭典例句

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

人們開始致力於中國文化和社會現代化的事業.

來自辭典例句