denationalize
英 [diː'næʃ(ə)n(ə)laɪz]
美 [,di'næʃnəlaɪz]
- vt. 使(工业等)非国有化;使变成私营;开除…的国籍
- denationalize (v.)
- 1807, "to deprive of nationality," from French dénationaliser (said in contemporary English publications to have been coined by Napoleon Buonaparte; denapoleonize was coined shortly thereafter); see de- + nationalize. Meaning "to transfer from national to private ownership" recorded from 1921. Related: Denationalized; denationalization.
- 1. The government started to denationalize financial institutions.
- 政府开始对金融机构进行私有化。
来自柯林斯例句