commercialize
verb(British English also commercialise)
[often passive] (often disapproving)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they commercialize | |
he / she / it commercializes | |
past simple commercialized | |
past participle commercialized | |
-ing form commercializing |
to use something to try to make a profit, especially in a way that other people do not approve of (尤指不择手段地)利用…牟利;商业化 - be/become commercialized
Their music has become very commercialized in recent years. 他们的音乐近几年非常商业化了。 Christmas is far too commercialized now. 现在的圣诞节太商业化了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCommercialize is used with these nouns as the object:- invention
- be/become commercialized