| 单词 | modernize |
| 释义 | modernize (once / 2148 pages) v To modernize is to adjust or improve something, especially in a way that uses new technology. You might modernize your grandmother's kitchen by buying her a microwave and an espresso machine. When you modernize something, you bring it up to date. You could modernize your office by buying new computers, for example, or modernize your antique car by installing seat belts and a stereo. At the heart of modernize is the adjective modern, "relating to the present time" or "up-to-date." In Shakepeare, the word modern is often used to mean "ordinary," although today there's more of a sense of "the very latest technology." WORD FAMILYmodernize: modernization, modernized, modernizes, modernizing+/modern: modernise, modernism, modernity, modernize, modernly, modernness, moderns, nonmodern, postmodern/modernisation: modernisations/modernise: modernisation, modernised, modernises, modernising/modernised: unmodernised/modernism: modernisms, modernist, modernistic/modernist: modernists/modernistic: modernistically/modernity: modernities/modernization: modernizations/modernized: unmodernized/postmodern: postmodernism/postmodernism: postmodernist USAGE EXAMPLESThis year’s agenda includes proposals to modernize state voting rules, address government corruption and permit Uber and Lyft to expand upstate. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Nor is the party’s ability to modernize and reorient its vast propaganda apparatus — perhaps the world’s largest — guaranteed. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The Indian government is urging patience, insisting it’s playing a long game that will eventually modernize Indian society and benefit the poor. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to Syn|Hypo|Hyper modernise, overhaul retrofit substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones regenerate, renew reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new 2v become technologically advanced Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly Syn|Hyper develop, modernise build up, develop change the use of and make available or usable change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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