| 单词 | -ize |
| 释义 | -ize-ize (also -ise British English) /aɪz/ suffix [in verbs] 1 MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto make something have more of a particular quality 使〔某物〕更大程度地具有〔某种特点〕；使…化 We need to modernize our procedures. (=make them more modern) 我们要使我们的程序现代化。 Americanized spelling (=spelling made more American) 美式拼写 privatized transport (=bus or train services that are owned and operated by private companies) 私有化的运输服务 2 CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERto change something to something else, or be changed to something else 转变；变成 The liquid crystallized (=turned into crystals). 液体结晶了。 3 SAY/STATEto speak or think in the way mentioned 以…方式讲话[思考] to soliloquize (=speak a soliloquy, to yourself) 自言自语 I sat and listened to him sermonizing (=speaking solemnly, as if in a sermon). 我坐着听他说教。 4 PUTto put into a particular place 置于〔某处〕 She was hospitalized after the accident. 事故发生后她被送进医院。 Examples from the Corpus -ize• his endless sermonizing Old French -iser, from Late Latin -izare, from Greek -izein |
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