1640s, "to make more civil;" 1884 "to make into a city," from urban + -ize; in the latter sense from French urbaniser (1873). Related: Urbanized; urbanizing.
双语例句
1. The government is trying to urbanize this area.
政府正在设法把这一地区城市化。
来自辞典例句
2. For China to modernize its economy, it must further industrialize, and urbanize.
