secularize

英 ['sekjʊləraɪz] 美['sɛkjələraɪz]
  • vt. 使还俗;改作俗用

英英释义


1. make secular and draw away from a religious orientation;
"Ataturk secularized Turkey"
2. transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control

中文词源


secularize 使世俗化

secular,世俗的,-ize,使。

英文词源


secularize (v.)
1610s, of property, offices, etc., from secular + -ize. From 1711 as "to become worldly;" from 1846 of education, social institutions, etc. Related: Secularized; secularizing.

词态变化


第三人称单数: secularizes;过去式: secularized;过去分词: secularized;现在分词: secularizing;