popularize

英 [ˈpɒpjələraɪz]

美 [ˈpɑːpjələraɪz]

v.  宣传; 宣扬; 推广; 使通俗化; 使普及

过去式：popularized　过去分词：popularized　现在分词：popularizing　第三人称单数：popularizes　

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.23345 / COCA.13414

牛津词典

verb

• 宣传；宣扬；推广
  to make a lot of people know about sth and enjoy it
  1. The programme did much to popularize little-known writers.
     这个节目大力宣扬不太知名的作家。
• 使通俗化；使普及
  to make a difficult subject easier to understand for ordinary people
  1. He spent his life popularizing natural history.
     他毕生致力于普及博物学。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 popularise


• VERB 使受喜爱；使受欢迎
  Topopularizesomething means to make a lot of people interested in it and able to enjoy it.
  1. Irving Brokaw popularized figure skating in the US.
     欧文·布罗考在美国引发了花样滑冰热潮。
• VERB 使通俗；普及；推广
  Topopularizean academic subject or scientific idea means to make it more easy to understand for ordinary people.
  1. It was Aristotle who proved the world is round. Plato popularized the concept.
     亚里士多德证明了地球是圆的，柏拉图普及了这一概念。

英英释义

verb

• make understandable to the general public
  1. Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
  Synonym:popularise
• cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public
  1. They popularized coffee in Washington State
  2. Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
  Synonym:popularisevulgarizevulgarisegeneralizegeneralise

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