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

双语例句

• And to popularize Go culture is of great significance in building a harmonious society today.
  今天普及围棋文化对于构建和谐社会具有重要意义。
• Popularize the Olympic knowledge and disseminate the Olympic ideas through various forms.
  通过多种形式普及奥林匹克知识，传播奥林匹克理念。
• Therefore, Cydonia oblonga Mill has highly value to popularize in North China.
  因此，在我国北方，榅桲具有很高的推广价值。
• Lancaster wrote many manuals in his efforts to popularize the methods.
  兰卡斯特精心撰写了许多手册，希望推广这种模式。
• To popularize and intensify the national defense education is the common responsibility of the whole society.
  普及和加强国防教育是全社会的共同责任。
• He said there are many young designers and local fashion companies that want to popularize it again.
  他说有许多年轻的设计师和当地的时尚公司想使中山装重新流行起来。
• We have main advantages to produce and popularize cartoon, animation products, and to develop and extend the peripheral industry of cartoon.
  具有动画、画产品的制作和推广、漫周边产业的开发和延伸的主营优势。
• To develop such empathy, many universities in China have organized campus events to popularize knowledge about mental health.
  为了发挥这种移情作用，很多中国大学也组织了一系列校园活动来普及心理健康知识。
• Due to high requirement of personnel ability, it is difficult to popularize frequency response method on fields.
  频响法对测试人员的专业技术水平要求高，不利于现场普及。
• It is out duty to popularize folk music in music education among middle school students.
  在音乐教学中大力弘扬民族音乐，让民族音乐走进学生心中，这是我们义不容辞的义务。