modernize

verb

1. 使（制度、方法等）现代化
   to make a system, methods, etc. more modern and more suitable for use at the present time
   1. The company is investing $9 million to modernize its factories.
      这家公司要投资900万元将其工厂现代化。
2. 使（设备、概念等）现代化
   to start using modern equipment, ideas, etc.
   1. Unfortunately we lack the resources to modernize.
      遗憾的是我们缺乏现代化所需的财力。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 modernise


1. VERB 使现代化
   To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones.
   1. ...plans to modernize the refinery...
      使精炼厂现代化的计划
   2. There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.
      我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。

1. They resisted our attempts to modernize the distribution of books.
   他们反对我们采用现代化方式发行图书。
2. Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither.
   无法实现现代化的行业已经自行衰落。
3. It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.
   他们使国家工业现代化方面明显失败。
4. First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory.
   首先我们如果要保持竞争力的话，就需要使我们的工厂现代化。
5. Utility companies are challenged to modernize IT resources and existing technologies to meet current business and regulatory requirements.
   电力公司面临着现代化IT资源和现有技术来满足当前业务和管理需求的挑战。
6. E4 has many enhancements and new features that modernize the platform and programming models.
   e4具有很多增强和新特性，可以使得平台和编程模型更为现代化。
7. The blueprint reportedly calls for spending more to fix highways and modernize schools.
   据报道蓝图需要花费更多的钱来修复公路和修建现代化的学校。
8. Thirdly, we want to modernize our military establishment, particularly in the strategic forces.
   第三，我们要改进我国的军事系统，特别是在战略力量方面。
9. The society want to be modern, personality must modernize.
   社会要现代化，人格就必须现代化。
10. We have a moral and legal obligation to modernize mental health legislation.
    我们在道义和法律上有义务使精神卫生立法现代化。
11. It is time to rebuild and modernize our schools.
    是时候重建和现代化学校了。
12. Without ideals and discipline it would be impossible for us to modernize.
    没有理想和纪律，建设四化是不可能的。
13. Racing in the process for economic development, we built for factories, modernize technology.
    在去往现代经济的争先恐后中，我们发展科技，修厂建房。
14. The network stands ready to assist any country that wishes to modernize its mental health laws.
    该网络时刻准备协助希望使本国精神卫生法律现代化的任何国家。
15. City information is the only roads in socialism modernize build of china.
    摘要城市信息化是我国社会主义现代化建设的必由之路。
16. All these questions must be answered if we want to modernize national defence.
    解决了这些问题，才能谈到国防现代化问题。
17. The UNESCO official says schools need to modernize and improve what they teach and how they teach it.
    联合国教科文组织官员表示，学校需要更新和提高他们的教学内容和教学方式。
18. They are determined to modernize the existing factories.
    他们决心使现有工厂现代化。
19. The latest changes to modernize FDA's policies and regulations are designed to assure product safety;
    FDA最新的政策修改旨在确保产品的安全性；
20. China has shown a great capacity to learn and modernize in the area of corporate governance as well.
    中国在公司治理方面也显示了卓越的学习和使自己现代化的能力。
21. It inaugurated an effort to modernize Chinese culture and society.
    人们开始致力于中国文化和社会现代化的事业。
22. They have failed to modernize their factories.
    他们没能使他们的工厂现代化。
23. They will continue to modernize the army.
    他们将继续使军队现代化。
24. They shall adopt advanced technology to modernize the administration of archives.
    采用先进技术，实现档案管理的现代化。
25. The socialism legal system that developments modernize is national.
    建设现代化的社会主义法制国家。
26. We must modernize multilateralism and markets for a New Global Economy.
    即使在美国和其他各国努力摆脱困境的同时，我们仍然需要放眼未来，必须为建立新的全球经经济进行多边体系和市场改革。
27. I will send my contribution for developing my homeland to become a great, modernize, powerful socialist country.
    我将为把我们的祖国建设成为一个伟大的、现代化的社会主义强国作出贡献。
28. We agreed on principles and actions to modernize the financial structures of the21st century.
    我们同意现代化二十一世纪金融结构的原则和行动。
29. My predecessors set the course to modernize managerial and administrative procedures.
    我的各位前任制定了管理和行政程序现代化的方向。
30. We plan to completely modernize our company before China enters the WTO.
    我们准备在中国加入WTO之前使公司全部实现现代化。

verb

1. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
   1. You should overhaul your car engine
   2. overhaul the health care system

   Synonym:    overhaulmodernise

2. become technologically advanced
   1. Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
   2. Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly

   Synonym:    modernisedevelop