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naturalizing

/nach-er-uh-lahyz, nach-ruh-/US // ˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪz, ˈnætʃ rə- //UK // (ˈnætʃrəˌlaɪz, -tʃərə-) //

归化,入籍化,入籍,归化的

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v.有主动词 verb
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    nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing.

    • : to confer upon the rights and privileges of a citizen.
    • : to introduce into a region and cause them to flourish as if native.
    • : to introduce or adopt into a country or into general use: to naturalize a French phrase.
    • : to bring into conformity with nature.
    • : to regard or explain as natural rather than supernatural: to naturalize miracles.
    • : to adapt or accustom to a place or to new surroundings.
v.无主动词 verb
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    nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing.

    • : to become naturalized.
    • : to adapt as if native to a new environment, set of circumstances, etc.
    • : to study or carry on research in natural history.

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Examples

  • They were barred from becoming naturalized citizens—and many states passed Alien Land Laws, making it impossible for Koreans to buy their own farmland and control the means of production.

  • What set the project apart, though, was that it compared small businesses owned by US-born citizens and naturalized citizens.

  • You Xiaorong, a naturalized US citizen, is charged with stealing research on BPA-free coatings for bottles from her employer, Coca-Cola.

  • The share of those getting naturalized rose from 62% in 2005 to 67% 2015.

  • When they naturalize as US citizens, they gain the right to vote.

  • The attempt to naturalize them in France, or any Continental nation, he regards as mischievous quackery.

  • A few words on the latest attempt which has been made to naturalize an exotic bird in England will not seem out of place here.

  • If I have failed, I have but added another failure to the numerous attempts to naturalize hexameter verse in the English language.

  • When portions of the stem or of the tuber are thrown away by the side of streams, they naturalize themselves easily.

  • The seeds of sesame often sow themselves outside plantations, and more or less naturalize the species.