industrialize

Definitions

industrial + -ize (to make) = to turn a place into one driven by large-scale industry — building factories, machinery, and mass production. This is the word that captures the historical leap of the whole family from 'diligence' to 'factories.'

Common Collocations

• 1.industrialize the economy使经济工业化
• 2.rapidly industrialize快速工业化
• 3.industrialize a region使一地工业化

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The government's plan to industrialize the south created millions of jobs.

• 2.

  Many nations rushed to industrialize in the nineteenth century.

• 3.

  Critics warned that industrializing too fast would harm the environment.