westernizer

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指使某事物或文化变得具有西方(尤指欧美)特点或风格的过程或行为,常用于描述全球化背景下的文化影响。

用法要点

句型搭配

通常用作及物动词,后接宾语表示被西方化的对象,如文化、制度或生活方式。也可用于被动语态,强调受影响的过程。

• westernize a tradition
• be westernized by globalization
• attempt to westernize

介词用法

常与介词'into'连用表示转变结果,如'westernize into something';在被动语态中可用'by'引出施动者。

• westernize into a modern society
• influenced by westernized trends

语域说明

多用于正式或学术语境,描述文化、社会或经济变革;在日常口语中较少使用,可能替换为'make more Western'等表达。

• academic discussions on westernization
• business strategies to westernize

基础例句

Many young people in Asia are adopting Western fashion, which some see as a way to westernize their style.

许多亚洲年轻人开始接受西方时尚,有些人认为这是在使他们的风格西方化。

The restaurant decided to westernize its menu by adding burgers and fries to attract more tourists.

这家餐厅决定在菜单中加入汉堡和薯条来西方化,以吸引更多游客。

She worries that globalization will westernize local traditions and erase cultural heritage.

她担心全球化会使当地传统西方化,并抹去文化遗产。

高级例句

In the 19th century, Japan underwent rapid modernization to westernize its military and industrial systems.

在19世纪,日本经历了快速的现代化进程,以使其军事和工业体系西方化。

The company's strategy to westernize its management practices led to increased efficiency but also cultural friction.

该公司西方化管理实践的策略提高了效率,但也引发了文化摩擦。

Scholars debate whether economic development necessarily requires societies to westernize their social structures.

学者们争论经济发展是否必然要求社会将其社会结构西方化。

高频搭配

verb

attempt to westernizeseek to westernizeresist westernizingpromote westernizingaccelerate westernization

adjective

rapid westernizationcultural westernizationeconomic westernizationforced westernizationgradual westernizing

noun

process of westernizationeffects of westernizingtrend towards westernizationdegree of westernizationresistance to westernizing

adverb

heavily westernizedpartially westernizingdeliberately westernizeincreasingly westernized

preposition

westernize intowesternized bywesternization ofwesternizing through

phrase

westernize the economywesternize traditional practiceswesternize education systemswesternize fashion trends

常见错误

❌ 错误:He wants to westernize his English accent.
✓ 正确:He wants to adopt a Western accent.

'Westernize' 通常用于描述文化、制度或生活方式的转变,而不直接用于口音等个人特征;应使用更具体的动词如 'adopt' 或 'imitate'。

❌ 错误:The government westernized the new policy quickly.
✓ 正确:The government implemented Western-style policies quickly.

'Westernize' 作为动词时,宾语常为抽象概念如 'system' 或 'culture',而非具体政策;建议用 'implement Western-style' 来更准确表达。

近义词辨析

modernize

'Modernize' 强调更新或采用现代技术和方法,可能但不一定涉及西方元素;而 'westernize' 特指融入西方文化或模式。

The country modernized its infrastructure (focus on technology) vs. The country westernized its education system (focus on Western models).

globalize

'Globalize' 指全球范围的整合和影响,可能包括西方化,但更广泛;'westernize' 更具体地指向西方文化的主导或模仿。

Globalization spreads diverse cultures (broad influence) vs. Westernization often implies adopting Western norms (specific focus).