naturalize

naturalize
(亦作 -ise)
verb
[with obj.]
  1. (常作 be/become naturalized)admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country
    接受(侨民)入籍,使入籍
    he was born in a foreign country and had never been naturalized.
    他出生于国外,从未被接受入籍。
    [as adj. naturalized]a naturalized US citizen born in Germany.
    一位出生于德国,入了美国籍的公民。
    ■[no obj.](of a foreigner) be admitted to the citizenship of a country
    (外国人)被接纳入籍
    ■alter (an adopted foreign word) so that it conforms more closely to the phonology or orthography of the adopting language
    使(外来词语)归化
    the stoccafisso of Liguria was naturalized in Nice as stocoficada.
    (意大利)利古里亚的stoccafisso (鱼干)一词在(法国)尼斯被归化成了stocoficada。
  2. [usu. as adj. naturalized](Biology)establish (a plant or animal) so that it lives wild in a region where it is not indigenous
    (生)使(植物,动物)驯化(或归化、自然化)
    native and naturalized species.
    本土的和成功引进的物种。
    black mustard has become naturalized in Britain and America.
    黑芥已被引种在英国和美国。
    ■establish (a cultivated plant) in a natural situation
    把(栽培植物)移植到自然环境
    this species of crocus naturalizes itself very easily.
    这种番红花在自然环境中很容易自我移植。
    ■[no obj.](of a cultivated plant) become established in a natural situation
    (栽培植物)在自然环境中存活
    these perennials should be planted where they can naturalize.
    这些多年生植物应该种在它们能存活的自然环境中。
  3. regard as or cause to appear natural
    使自然化;把…视作自然
    although women do more childcare than men, feminists should beware of naturalizing that fact.
    虽然比起男性妇女照顾孩子要多一些,但女权主义者应谨防将其看作自然的事情。
    ■explain (a phenomenon) in a naturalistic way
    用自然主义道理解释(现象)
派生
naturalization
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French naturaliser, from Old French natural (see natural)
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