柯林斯詞典urbanize (also urbanise) 1. V to make (esp a predominantly rural area or country) more industrialized and urban 使城市化2. V to cause the migration of an increasing proportion of (rural dwellers) into cities 使(農(nóng)村人口)遷徙到城市 返回 urbanize劍橋詞典to build houses , offices , etc. in an area of countryside so that it becomes a town 使城鎮(zhèn)化 返回 urbanize