dollarize
verb/ˈdɒləraɪz/
/ˈdɑːləraɪz/
(British English also dollarise)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dollarize | /ˈdɒləraɪz/ /ˈdɑːləraɪz/ |
| he / she / it dollarizes | /ˈdɒləraɪzɪz/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple dollarized | /ˈdɒləraɪzd/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzd/ |
| past participle dollarized | /ˈdɒləraɪzd/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzd/ |
| -ing form dollarizing | /ˈdɒləraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzɪŋ/ |
- (of a country) to start using the US dollar as its own currency
（使）美元化 - The country was forced to dollarize because its national currency collapsed.
由于本国货币崩溃，该国被迫美元化。 - dollarize something to dollarize the economy
经济美元化
- The country was forced to dollarize because its national currency collapsed.