privatize
/ˈprɪvəˌtaɪz/
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v. 使民營化
- Some citizens worried that water prices would rise if the city's water company were privatized. 有些市民擔心，如果市內的自來水公司民營化，水價會上漲。
其他意思
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v. 使私有化, 民營化
If a company, industry, or service that is owned by the state is privatized, the government sells it and makes it a private company.
- The water boards are about to be privatized.
字根
priv 個人的；剝奪
priv + at + iz + e個人的 + 動詞；形容詞 + 動詞 + —