(v) become technologically advanced, Syn. modernise, develop, Example:Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace; Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
(v) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to, Syn. modernize, modernise, Example:You should overhaul your car engine; overhaul the health care system
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Modernized p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing ] [ Cf. F. moderniser. ] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy. [ 1913 Webster ]
[四个现代化 / 四個現代化, sì gè xiàn dài huàㄙˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ] Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practised from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology; abbr. to 四化, See Also: 四化#26727
[富国强兵 / 富國強兵, fù guó qiáng bīngㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄥ] lit. rich country, strong soldiers; a slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (make the country wealthy and the military powerful, Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyouhei)#85661
[北洋军 / 北洋軍, Běi yáng jūnㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ] north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
[取其精华,去其糟粕 / 取其精華,去其糟粕, qǔ qí jīng huá, qù qí zāo pòㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ, ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗㄠ ㄆㄛˋ] take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest; You need to be selective when studying.; In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
[科学技术是第一生产力 / 科學技術是第一生產力, kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lìㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ] Science and technology is the number one productive force (from 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化)., See Also: 鄧小平, 邓小平, 四個現代化, 四个现代化
[科学技术现代化 / 科學技術現代化, kē xué jì shù xiàn dài huàㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ] modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
[おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era