personalize

动词 v.
/ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/|/ˈpɜːs.nə.laɪz/    /ˈpɝ.sə.nəˌlaɪz/|/ˈpɝs.nəˌlaɪz/|/ˈpɜː.sə.nə.lɑɪz/|/ˈpɜːs.nə.lɑɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
    — These "Eternal Ones of the Dream" are not to be confused with the personally modified symbolic figures that appear in nightmare and madness to the still tormented individual. Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche.
  2. To represent something abstract as a person; to embody. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
  3. To imbue something with one's personality. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
    — Gloria Hull, best known as a Black Feminist literary critic, expands and personalizes her examination of creative thought in her first collection of poetry, Healing Heart.

词形变化

personalizes present,singular,third-person personalizing participle,present personalized participle,past personalized past personalise alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Middle English personal
English personal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English personalize
From personal + -ize.
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