To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones.
例句
...plans to modernize the refinery...使精炼厂现代化的计划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 modernize the railway network.政府宣布了一项高要求的计划,使铁路网现代化。
vi.
现代化,使用现代方法
The company is caught in a double bind. If it doesn’t modernize it won’t make money, but if it does modernize 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. make repairs or adjustments to;
"You should overhaul your car engine"
2. become technologically advanced;
"Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace""Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"