popularize (UK usually popularise) UK ['pɒp.jʊ.lə.raɪz] US ['pɑ:.pjə-] verb transitive LIKED 使大众化 ■to make something become popular 宣传,推广;使大众化•It was Luciano Pavarotti in the 1980s who really popularized opera.卢西亚诺•帕瓦罗蒂在20世纪80年代真正推动了歌剧的大众化。 (UK usually popularise) UK ['pɒp.jʊ.lə.raɪz] US ['pɑ:.pjə-] verb transitive GENERAL 使普及 ■to make something known and understood by ordinary people 使普及;使通俗化•Television has an important role to play in popularizing new scientific ideas.电视在普及科学新知识方面发挥重要的作用。 |