单词 | europeanizing |
释义 | Europeanizingn. The action of Europeanize v.; Europeanization. ΚΠ 1839 R. Wilbraham Trav. Trans-Caucasian Russia xi. 115 My costume required a little Europeanizing before entering the capital of Georgia. 1855 L. W. Raxall tr. Recoll. Russ. by German Nobleman ix. 314 The Europeanizing was nothing else than a cloak to conceal what she [sc. Russia] intended. 1887 Athenæum 14 May 634/3 Ismail Pasha's Europeanizing policy. 1968 S. Hyres Edwardian Turn of Mind ix. 313 The Europeanizing of England did not proceed rapidly. 1998 E. Gerum et al. in K. J. Hopt et al. Compar. Corporate Governance v. 342 National leeway will be reduced in the course of the further Europeanizing of the law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Europeanizingadj. That Europeanizes (in various senses of the verb). ΚΠ 1852 Spectator 30 Oct. 1029/2 He was regarded in Mauretanian Araby with a sort of sacred veneration—a feeling exactly the reverse of that entertained by sound Mussulmans towards the Europeanizing Abd-ul-Medjid. 1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 26/1 The anxiously Europeanizing mother. 1930 Jrnl. Internat. Afr. Inst. 3 288 Foster the native culture and be wary of Europeanizing influences except in so far as they..can be harmoniously absorbed. 2001 W. Myer Islam & Colonialism i. 23 Opposition to the Europeanising governing elites of the Arab world. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839adj.1852 |
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