commercialize
verb /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪz/
/kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪz/
(British English also commercialise)
[often passive] (often disapproving)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they commercialize | /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪz/ /kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it commercializes | /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪzɪz/ /kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple commercialized | /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪzd/ /kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle commercialized | /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪzd/ /kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form commercializing | /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪzɪŋ/ /kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to use something to try to make a profit, especially in a way that other people do not approve of
（尤指不择手段地）利用…牟利；商业化 - be/become commercialized Their music has become very commercialized in recent years.
他们的音乐近几年非常商业化了。 - Christmas is far too commercialized now.
现在的圣诞节太商业化了。
Collocations DictionaryCommercialize is used with these nouns as the object:- invention
- be/become commercialized Their music has become very commercialized in recent years.