decolonize是什么意思？

decolonize

英[di:'kɒləˌnaɪz] 美[di'kɒləˌnaɪz]

• vt. 使非殖民化；

例句

• Indeed, among all the former European colonial powers, France is unique in its refusal to decolonize. 实际上, 在所有前欧洲殖民列强中, 法国在拒绝非殖民化上是很独特的.

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. grant independence to (a former colony);
  "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"