naturalise

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

naturalise — 動詞

  • 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

歸化；入籍

使非本國出生者取得合法公民身分

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.

在加拿大住了十年後，Ziad 終於在去年春天歸化成為公民。

passive: be naturalised as a citizen

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

這項新法律允許政府讓與本地居民結婚的人入籍。

naturalise + people as object

常見搭配
  • be naturalised as a citizen
  • apply to be naturalised
  • naturalise an immigrant
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.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • naturalised citizen
  • naturalise an immigrant
  • naturalise a resident

副詞搭配

  • recently naturalised
  • newly naturalised

常用片語

  • apply to be naturalised
  • be naturalised after [period]

介系詞搭配

  • naturalise in [a country]
  • naturalise as [a citizen]