revolutionize
UK/'rɛvə'lʊʃə'naɪz/US/.revә'lu:ʃәnaiz/
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Definitions
v.
To change something completely and fundamentally
彻底改变，使发生革命性变革
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedrevolutionagain, back
+
-izeroll, turn (volvere); will, wish (velle)
=revolutionize
revolution + -ize (to make) = to bring a revolution to something; to transform it utterly.
Common Collocations
- 1.revolutionize the industry颠覆整个行业
- 2.revolutionize the way彻底改变……的方式
- 3.revolutionize medicine革新医学
Example Sentences
- 1.
Smartphones revolutionized the way we live and work.
- 2.
The discovery could revolutionize modern medicine.