“metropolitanize”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

metropolitanize

释义

metropolitanize, v.|mɛtrəˈpɒlɪtənaɪz|
[f. metropolitan + -ize.]
trans. To make metropolitan in position, manners, ideas, etc.
1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 630 Poor little Kirkwall..seemed a mere village to the metropolitanized apprentice.1897Spectator 25 Dec. 919 He was himself not sufficiently metropolitanised for these efforts.

Add: Hence metroˌpolitanizˈation n., the process of giving a metropolitan character to a person or area.
1939L. Hogben Dangerous Thoughts v. 95 The distributive aspect of population best described as metropolitanization.1989Dynamic West (U.S. Council of State Govts.) 20/2 The primary reason growing metropolitanization is a key trend is that it connotes such a dramatic change in regional character.

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