释义 |
ˌurbaniˈzation [f. next + -ation.] The process of investing with an urban character; the condition of being urbanized. Freq., esp. in journalistic use, since 1904.
1888Advance (Chicago) 8 Mar. 152 One of the most remarkable characteristics of the time is ‘the urbanization of the country’. 1904Parl. Rep. Comm. Phys. Degeneration 16 The ‘urbanization’ of the population cannot have been unattended by consequences prejudicial to the health of the people. |