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词汇 romanize
释义 Romanize
verb[ T ]
(alsoromanize); (UK usuallyRomanise, romanise)uk /ˈrəʊ.mən.aɪz/ us /ˈroʊ.mən.aɪz/
to make something more similar to or typical of ancient Roman styles, beliefs, customs, etc.:
These men played a crucial role in Romanizing the conquered territories, building roads, aqueducts and amphitheatres.
To the south, control was exerted through the army and there was a policy of romanizing the natives.
Synonym
Latinize
to make a church or church organization Roman Catholic, or more like the Roman Catholic church:
Instead of trying to Romanize Protestant schools, they built their own.
It was seen by bishops as a subtle attempt to romanize the Church of England
[ T ]
to change a writing system, or a word or character from that writing system, into Roman script(= a writing system based on the Latin alphabet):
There have been numerous attempts to Romanize the Chinese writing system, and in 1958 the pinyin phonetic spelling system was officially adopted.
This particular character can be romanized as either v or b.
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