westernization
noun [ U ] (UK also westernisation) uk/ˌwes.tən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌwes.tɚ.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
西方化
the process of westernizing a person or a country (= causing ideas or ways of life that are common in North America and western Europe to be more used and accepted)
There was an inevitable reaction to rapid westernization. 对迅速西化的抵制不可避免。
The country had resisted westernization for four hundred years. 这个国家抵制西化已经有四百年了。
See: westernize
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- Economic growth, modernization, and westernization are transforming the country at a dizzying pace.
- In the rapidly developing countries of Asia, westernization of diets is leading to growth in demand for wheat.
- With the westernization of home architecture, the neighborhood bath house is losing its previous prominence.