industrialize; industrialization
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesverb
to industrialize; to make modern industry the dominant sector of the national economy
formalRefers to the transformation of an economy from primarily agricultural to one based on manufacturing and industry.
Zhōng中
guó国
zài在
guò过
qù去
jǐ几
shí十
nián年
lǐ里
xùn迅
sù速
wán完
chéng成
le了
gōng工
yè业
huà化
。
China rapidly completed its industrialization over the past few decades.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
zhèng正
zài在
cǎi采
qǔ取
cuò措
shī施
tuī推
dòng动
nóng农
cūn村
gōng工
yè业
huà化
。
The government is taking measures to promote rural industrialization.
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Guò过
dù度
gōng工
yè业
huà化
kě可
néng能
huì会
duì对
huán环
jìng境
zào造
chéng成
yán严
zhòng重
pò破
huài坏
。
Excessive industrialization may cause severe damage to the environment.
noun
industrialization (the process or state of developing industrial production)
formalOften used in economic and historical contexts to describe a stage of development.
Gōng工
yè业
huà化
shì是
guó国
jiā家
xiàn现
dài代
huà化
de的
zhòng重
yào要
jiē阶
duàn段
。
Industrialization is an important stage in a country's modernization.
Yīng英
guó国
shì是
shì世
jiè界
shàng上
zuì最
zǎo早
kāi开
shǐ始
gōng工
yè业
huà化
de的
guó国
jiā家
zhī之
yī一
。
Britain was one of the earliest countries in the world to begin industrialization.