naturalize
- IPA[ˈnatʃ(ə)rəlʌɪz]
英式
- admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country；(of a foreigner) be admitted to the citizenship of a country
verb: naturalize, 3rd person present: naturalizes, gerund or present participle: naturalizing, past tense: naturalized, past participle: naturalized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country he was born in a foreign country and had never been naturalized 同義詞
- ▪ (of a foreigner) be admitted to the citizenship of a country the opportunity to naturalize as British 同義詞
- 2. establish (a plant or animal) so that it lives wild in a region where it is not indigenous the species was naturalized in Britain as early as 1620
- ▪ (with reference to a cultivated plant) establish or become established in a natural situation this species of crocus naturalizes itself very easily 同義詞
- 3. alter (an adopted foreign word) so that it conforms more closely to the phonology or orthography of the adopting language the
- 4. regard as or cause to appear natural globalization has been naturalized as the inevitable pathway to economic prosperity and success 同義詞
- ▪ explain (a phenomenon) in a naturalistic way.
