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单词 modernization
释义
modernization
noun[U]
(UKusuallymodernisation)
uk
/ˌmɒd.ən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmɑː.dɚ.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
theactof making something moremodern:
现代化（改造）
The modernization of the 100-year-oldsewageandwatersystemswillcostmillions ofpounds.对这个有着100年历史的污水和供水系统进行现代化改造将花费数百万英镑。
Thelabhasundergoneamajormodernizationprograminrecentyears.近年来，该实验室经历了一次重要的现代化改造。
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  • It isobviousthat therailwaysystemneedsmodernization.
  • Hisambitionis tobringeconomicmodernization andpeaceto thecountry.
  • Employees arefindingit hard toadaptto therapidmodernization of theworkplace.
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(Definition ofmodernizationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

modernization| Business English

modernization
noun[U]
(UKalsomodernisation)
uk
/ˌmɒdənaɪˈzeɪʃən/us
/ˌmɒdərnəˈzeɪʃən/
theprocessofstartingto use the mostrecentmethods,ideas,equipment, etc. so that somethingbecomesorseemsmoremodern:
The modernization of the 100-year-oldsewageandwatersystemswillcostmillions ofpounds.
Thepropertyisbasicallysound, but in need of modernization.
(Definition ofmodernizationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmodernization

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Today their number is decreasing as a result of urban development and themodernizationof agriculture.
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Rejuvenation of the academic staff will doubtless also entail scientificmodernizationand make possible new forms of research and education.
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Heremodernizationtook place in a relatively smooth manner and there was no need to fear external threats, but domestic tensions were inevitable.
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There is a certain complicity between archaeology andmodernization: after the archaeologists have done their work, the landscape can be legitimately destroyed.
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Most importantly, cybernetics was trumpeted as a universal science of government that would help to guide the social organization necessary formodernization.
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The list of accomplishments at the end is an excellent example of the fundamentalist attribute of selectivemodernizationand controlled acculturation.
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Today, such problems are aggravated by the pressures ofmodernization.
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The imposedmodernizationof the irrigation infrastructure has reduced the effectiveness of collective action and contributions to the maintenance of the irrigation system.
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Who can say wheremodernizationleaves off and globalization begins?
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A firmly entrenched evolutionary perspective guided themodernizationplans of the newly empowered government services.
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But socialmodernizationdoes transform the content of ideological polarization and the degree of this division.
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Indeed, one of the major underdiscussed consequences of socialmodernizationmay be this transformation of the ideological debate and all that this implies.
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Built into most anti-colonial ideology were radical commitments tomodernizationand a pronounced antipathy to anything other than democracy and meritocracy.
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These occupations increased to some extent because of rapid industrialization andmodernizationat this time.
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The process of 'modernization' had generally not been viewed very positively by the farming class.
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