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单词 continentalize
释义

continentalize

transitive verb

con·​ti·​nen·​tal·​ize
ˌkäntᵊnˈentᵊlˌīz,
-təˈne-,
-təˌlīz
-ed/-ing/-s
1
: to make continental in scope, character, culture, or ideas
continentalize American literature as a protest against local color Carl Van Doren
2
sometimes capitalized : to affect with the ways or ideas of European culture
the gradual continentalizing of American habits of recreation Nation

Word History

Etymology

probably from French continentaliser, from continental (from English) + -iser -ize

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