To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones.
例句
...plans to modernize the refinery...使精煉廠現(xiàn)代化的計劃There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我們的選舉制度迫切需要現(xiàn)代化。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
使現(xiàn)代化,使適應(yīng)現(xiàn)代需要
The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernize the railway network.政府宣布了一項高要求的計劃,使鐵路網(wǎng)現(xiàn)代化。
vi.
現(xiàn)代化,使用現(xiàn)代方法
The company is caught in a double bind. If it doesn’t modernize it won’t make money, but if it does modernize they’ll have to make people redundant because they won’t need them any more.這家公司進(jìn)退兩難。不實行現(xiàn)代化就無法盈利,要實行現(xiàn)代化就會有冗員,因為公司將不再需要他們。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. make repairs or adjustments to;
"You should overhaul your car engine"
2. become technologically advanced;
"Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace""Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"