名詞 modernization:

1. making modern in appearance or behavior
   同義詞：modernisation
2. a modernized version (as of a play)

1. Mr. Gorbachev, on the other hand, recognized that his sluggish and authoritarian bureaucracy was the worst impediment to modernization. That is why the Soviet leader came more quickly to the view that political and economic change must go hand in hand.
   在另一方面，戈爾巴喬夫承認，他的既迂腐又專權(quán)的官僚政府是現(xiàn)代化最大的阻礙。因此這位蘇聯(lián)領(lǐng)袖迅速意識到，政治與經(jīng)濟改革必須齊頭并進。
2. No matter who he may be, he can play his part in the modernization of our country.
   不管他是誰，他都可以在我國現(xiàn)代化中發(fā)揮作用。
3. The modernization of the industry was phased over a 20-year period.
   工業(yè)現(xiàn)代化分20年逐步實現(xiàn)。
4. International competition was a spur to modernization.
   國際競爭是實現(xiàn)現(xiàn)代化的動力。