naturalise

IPA/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl.aɪz/
IPA/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.rə.laɪz/

naturalise — verb

  • naturalisepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • naturalises3rd person singular
  • naturalising-ing form
  • naturalisedpast simple

1. to officially give a foreign-born person the full legal right to belong to a cou

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to officially give a foreign-born person the full legal right to belong to a country, so that they share the same status as people born there

例句

After ten years in Canada, Ziad was finally naturalised as a citizen last spring.

passive: be naturalised as a citizen

The new law allows the government to naturalise people who marry a local resident.

naturalise + people as object

同義詞
  • nationalise

    rare in this citizenship sense and easily confused with state ownership of industry; avoid for clarity

反義詞
  • denaturalise

    to take away a citizenship that was previously granted

文法句型

be naturalised as a citizen

naturalise someone

用法筆記

Frequently passive: a person is naturalised by a state, so the country or its courts are the typical subject of the active form. The object is always a human applicant, not an object or animal.

常見錯誤

❌Ziad naturalised in 2019.
✅Ziad was naturalised in 2019.
💡the person receiving citizenship is usually the object, so the verb takes a passive when the person is the subject.