modernise是什么意思？

modernise

英['mɒdənaɪz] 美[ˈmɑdɚˌnaɪz]

• vt. 使现代化，使适应现代需要；
• vi. 现代化，使用现代方法；
• n. 现代化事物；

例句

• The company is caught in a double bind.If it doesn’t modernise it won’t make money, but if it does modernise they’ll have to make people redundant because they won’t need them any more. 这家公司进退两难。不实行现代化就无法盈利,要实行现代化就会有冗员,因为公司将不再需要他们。
• They decided not to modernise the Victorian decor. 他们决定不对维多利亚时代的装潢进行现代派的改变。
• The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernise the railway network. 政府宣布了一项高要求的计划,使铁路网现代化。
• Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries. 罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
• They wanted to modernise the programme, sex it up. 他们想让节目现代化，更富吸引力。
• They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries. 他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化,结果劳而无功.
• Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries... 罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
• There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system. 我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使现代化,使适应现代需要
  The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernise the railway network. 政府宣布了一项高要求的计划,使铁路网现代化。 They decided not to modernise the Victorian decor. 他们决定不对维多利亚时代的装潢进行现代派的改变。
• vi.
  现代化,使用现代方法
  The company is caught in a double bind.If it doesn’t modernise it won’t make money, but if it does modernise they’ll have to make people redundant because they won’t need them any more. 这家公司进退两难。不实行现代化就无法盈利,要实行现代化就会有冗员,因为公司将不再需要他们。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. become technologically advanced;
  "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace""Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
  2. make repairs or adjustments to;
  "You should overhaul your car engine"