westernize
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈwes.tən.aɪz]
- 美式音标 [ˈwes.tɚ.naɪz]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 使 ... 西洋化; 使 ... 欧化
英汉例句
- We might try to "westernize" some Chinese dishes.
我们可以将中国才“西化”。
blog.sina.com.cn - Now I know it’s a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also Westernize.
现在我知道西方国家有一个普遍的假设随着国家的现代化,它们也会西方化。 - She lacks confidence, explains Min-kyong's mother, a problem she hopes will be solved when her pre-teen undergoes plastic surgery, to westernize her eyes.
她缺乏自信,闵京的妈妈说,我希望通过外科整形将她的眼睛变得更西化一些之后,能解决这个问题。 - Attempts to secularize or Westernize the world's 1.3 billion Muslims will not solve this ideological conflict.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Ex-president of Indonesia speaks at CSP press conf - Although increased trade was intended to "Westernize" China, the trade relationships fostered by the Administration's policies appear to have had little appreciable effect on China's political evolution.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy - Notwithstanding all the man is doing to westernize his finances--with a PricewaterhouseCoopers audit, a cash dividend and an ADR--investors still apply a transparency discount to the whole Russian market.
FORBES: Honesty Pays--How Much?
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- to cause the ideas and ways of doing things that are common in North America and most of Europe to be used and accepted by someone or something in or from another part of the world
- to influence or make familiar with the customs, practices, etc, of the West