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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The difficulty of dressing superhard wheel is one of the main obstruction to popularize application in industry.
  超硬砂轮修整的困难，是生产上推广应用的主要障碍之一。
• In order to popularize scientific knowledge, I attempt to reestablish Newton's work in high school geometry.
  所以本文企图用常见的几何论证，来重建牛顿在这一方面的工作，以求科学知识普及化。
• 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。
• To build eco-civilization, we must popularize ecological knowledge, set up ecological value, carry out a "revolution of conscience", and abandon materialism, economism and consumerism.
  为建设生态文明，必须普及生态学知识，树立生态价值观，实现“良心的革命”，摒弃物质主义、经济主义和消费主义价值观。
• 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。
• 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。