-ize verb suffix
also British -ise /aɪz/
also British -ise /aɪz/
Learner's definition of -IZE
1
a : to cause to become or become like something specified使变成;使…化 : to become or become like (something specified)变成…;…化 -
crystallize结晶
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unionize成立工会
b : to treat like something specified以…方式对待 -
idolize把…视作偶像
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lionize把…视作名人
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commercialize商品化
2
: to talk or write about someone or something in a specified way以…方式说(或写) -
satirize讽刺
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romanticize使浪漫化
3
: to make or suggest something specified使成为…状态 -
hypothesize假设
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theorize形成理论
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philosophize郑重论述
4
: to place someone in something specified将(某人)放在… -
hospitalize送进医院治疗
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institutionalize使制度化