industrialize

/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz/ (ame, mw)

industrialize — verb

  • industrializepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • industrializeshe / she / it
  • industrializedpast simple
  • industrializing-ing form

1. to build factories and develop large-scale manufacturing so that a country or re

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

to build factories and develop large-scale manufacturing so that a country or region shifts from depending mainly on farming or small workshops to relying on modern industry

例句

Hyun's government promised to industrialize the rural south by building new factories there.

industrialize + noun phrase (rural area)

As Ishaan's country industrialized, many young people left farming for jobs in textile mills.

intransitive use: country + industrialized

同義詞
  • mechanize

    narrower — means replacing human or animal labour with machines, without changing the whole economy

  • automate

    narrower — focuses on using computers or robots to run processes without human intervention

  • modernize

    broader — means updating anything to current standards, not just manufacturing

反義詞
  • deindustrialize

    the opposite process — reducing or losing a region's manufacturing capacity

文法句型

industrialize + noun phrase (region / country / economy)

noun phrase + industrialize

be + industrialized

用法筆記

Can be used transitively (The government industrialized the region), intransitively (The region industrialized rapidly), or in the passive form (was industrialized). The passive is especially common in historical and economic writing describing periods of industrial development.

常見錯誤

❌The company industrialized its office with new computers.
✅The company automated its office with new computers.
💡industrialize refers to transforming an entire economy or region toward manufacturing, not introducing technology to a single workplace.
❌The farmer industrialized his small vegetable garden.
✅The farmer mechanized his small vegetable garden.
💡industrialize implies large-scale economic change across a region, not simply using machines on a small plot.