nationalize
🇬🇧 UK/'næʃnəlaɪz/🇺🇸 US/'næʃәnәlaiz/
A2
Definitions
v.
To transfer a private company or industry to government ownership or control; to give a national character to something
使国有化;收归国有
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derived+
ionact, process, state
+
alrelating to, having the nature of
+
izeto make, to become
=nationalize
Common Collocations
- 1.nationalize industry工业国有化
Example Sentences
- 1.
The government decided to nationalize the oil industry.
- 2.
The government decided to nationalize the failing banks to prevent collapse.
- 3.
Some politicians proposed to nationalize healthcare to make it more accessible.