下面请看形容词与-ize结合的两个例子。

Americanize [American a. 美国的；-ize→] v. make or become American in habits or character 使美国化；美国化 / The heroine of the play was an Americanized French girl. 该剧的女主人公是一个美国化的法国姑娘。

Americanization n. (使）美国化

civilize [civil a. 文明的；-ize =>“ to make or become civil 使变得文明”→] v. bring out of a savage or ignorant state; improve and educate 使文明；开化；教育 / The ancient Chinese were a civilized people, they civilized a great part of the world. 中华民族开化已久，他们很早就给世界上广大的地区带来文明。

civilization n. 文明，文化 

dramatize [ dramat (← dramatic) a. 戏剧的；-ize =>“ to treat in a dramatic way 按戏剧的方式处理”→]v. ① make a drama of 把…改编成剧本/ The children dramatized the fable. 孩子们把那个寓言改编成剧本。②behave dramatically演戏般地做作/ Stop dramatizing and describe exactly what happened. 不要做戏了，把发生的事情如实说来吧。

dramatization n. 改编剧本；戏剧式表演

责任编辑：admin