denaturalise

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

denaturalise — 動詞

  • denaturalisepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • denaturalises3rd person singular
  • denaturalising-ing form
  • denaturalisedpast simple

1. to officially cancel the citizenship that was granted earlier to someone who was

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

剝奪國籍

取消歸化者的公民身分

to officially cancel the citizenship that was granted earlier to someone who was not born in that country, usually because of fraud or illegal behaviour

例句

Samira was denaturalised after officials found she had entered the country on a fake passport.

Samira 因為官員發現她用假護照入境，而被剝奪了國籍。

passive voice: be denaturalised after [reason]

The court ruled that Elena could not be denaturalised for a minor paperwork error.

法院裁定 Elena 不能因為文書上的小錯誤就被剝奪國籍。

同義詞
反義詞

文法句型

be denaturalised

denaturalise + direct object

用法筆記

Usually used in the passive voice (be denaturalised), especially in legal contexts. The subject of the active verb is typically a government or official body. Only citizens who gained their citizenship through naturalisation can be denaturalised — native-born citizens cannot.

常見錯誤

❌The government denaturalised him from the country.
✅The government denaturalised him.
💡'Denaturalise' already contains the idea of removing citizenship; do not add 'from the country'.
❌They denaturalised his passport.
✅They denaturalised him.
💡'Denaturalise' applies to the person, not the documents.

2. to demonstrate or argue that a belief, practice, or institution is not a timeles

2.動詞及物C2
釋義

去自然化

揭示事物是社會建構而非天生自然

to demonstrate or argue that a belief, practice, or institution is not a timeless natural truth but something created within a specific cultural and historical setting

例句

Mei-Lin's essay denaturalises the common belief that jealousy is a universal human emotion.

Mei-Lin 的文章去自然化了「嫉妒是人類普遍情感」的常見觀點。

denaturalises + belief / concept

The professor denaturalises marriage by tracing how its meaning has shifted across centuries.

這位教授透過追溯婚姻在不同時代的意義變遷，去自然化了婚姻制度。

同義詞
  • historicise

    similar academic sense; emphasises showing how something developed over time

  • deconstruct

    broader; focused on taking apart assumptions and hidden oppositions

  • demystify

    more general; means to make something clearer or less confusing

反義詞
  • naturalise

    to present something as natural and inevitable

  • essentialise

    to treat something as having an unchanging, fixed essence

文法句型

denaturalise + abstract noun phrase

seek to denaturalise + concept

用法筆記

Common in academic writing, especially sociology, anthropology, and critical theory. The object is always an abstract noun (belief, idea, institution, practice). Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 deals with ideas and social structures, not legal citizenship.

常見錯誤

❌The study denaturalises that gender is a social construct.
✅The study denaturalises the idea that gender is a social construct.
💡'Denaturalise' takes a noun phrase as object, not a that-clause.