suburbanization
UK/sә.bә:bәnai'zeiʃәn. ni'z-/US
TOEFLB2
Definitions
n.
The movement of people and businesses from cities out to the suburbs
郊区化
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsuburbanunder, below
+
-izecity
+
-ationone who, relating to
=suburbanization
suburban + -ize + -ation = the process of spreading out into the suburbs — the mirror image of urbanization.
Common Collocations
- 1.rapid suburbanization快速郊区化
- 2.postwar suburbanization战后郊区化
- 3.the process of suburbanization郊区化进程
Example Sentences
- 1.
Postwar suburbanization reshaped American cities around the car.
- 2.
Suburbanization left many inner-city areas hollowed out.