regularize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyregularise)uk/ˈreɡ.jə.lər.aɪz/us/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ.aɪz/tochangeasituationorsystemso that itobeyslawsor isbasedonreason:
使合法化;使正式存在;使符合规范Thepositionofourformerlyillegalworkershas now been regularized(= madelegalandofficial).以前在我们这儿的非法务工人员的身份现在已经合法化了。
Somepeoplewantto regularize theEnglishspellingsystem(=changeit so that all wordsfollowthe samerulesforspelling).有些人希望将英语拼写规范化。
Standard and routine
- average
- average Joe
- bog-standard
- conformance
- conformity
- conventionalized
- default
- given
- institutionalize
- mainline
- orthodox
- quotidian
- regularity
- regularization
- routine
- routinely
- set
- std
- stock
- the/your average bearidiom