modernize
modernise, v
1 [Tn] make (sth) suitable for modern needs or habits; bring up to date 使(某事物)现代化
modernize a transport system, a factory, farming methods 使运输系统、 工厂、 耕作方法现代化
a fully modernized shop 十分现代化的商店.
2 [I] adopt modern ways or views 采用现代方法或观点; 现代化
If the industry doesn't modernize it will not survive. 该制造业若不现代化就不能继续存在.
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read