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单词 technologize
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technologizev.

Brit. /tɛkˈnɒlədʒʌɪz/, U.S. /tɛkˈnɑləˌdʒaɪz/
Forms: 1900s– technologise, 1900s– technologize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: technology n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < technology n. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier technologizing n.
1. transitive. To make technical or technological; (also) to consider in technical terms or from a technical point of view.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (transitive)] > make technical or technological
technicize1856
technologize1900
1900 H. L. Withers in Contemp. Rev. June 867 No step could well be more fatal than to ‘technologise’..our Secondary Schools.
1943 Yale Law Jrnl. 52 206 Too often,..such proposals have tended—by technologizing or gadgetizing the discussion at an early stage—to get lost in minutiae.
1960 Punch 27 Apr. 574/1 The arts are in self-defence compelled to technologize themselves, inventing new areas of study which require machinery and grants..in order to maintain a foothold in the university premises.
1980 J. Rifkin Entropy iii. 81 The more we technologize the world around us, the more things seem to malfunction and fall apart.
1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) i. 22 Of course, Trismegistus's aims are no more nefarious than were Heron's when he helped Egyptian priests technologize the supernatural.
2. intransitive. To become technologically advanced; to adopt technical methods. rare.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (intransitive)] > adopt or use technical methods
technologize1964
technify1973
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xvi. 161 The West had to technologize more intensively than the ancient world.
2003 B. McKibben Enough (U.K. ed.) iv. 174 For the last five hundred years we've been in an all-out race to technologize.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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