单词 | canadianize |
释义 | Canadianizev. 1. transitive (often in passive). To make Canadian in character, content, style, etc. Also reflexive: to make (oneself) Canadian; to assimilate (oneself) into Canadian culture or society. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [verb (transitive)] Canadianize1843 1843 Times 31 May 5/6 Mr. C. Buller's remedy was to Canadianize Ireland. 1895 Canada Educ. Monthly & School Mag. Jan. 5/1 Under present conditions it is going to be as impossible to Canadianize Nova Scotia. 1902 Monthly Rev. Oct. 55 When he calls himself ‘French-Canadian’, he simply wants to differentiate his racial origin from that of his English, Scotch, or Irish fellow citizens, who, in his mind, are but partially Canadianised. 1912 N. Y. Times 23 Mar. 12/3 A..growing proportion of these Americans Canadianize themselves both by buying farms and by citizenship. 1942 Economist 3 Oct. 417/1 The proposal to ‘Canadianise’ the RCAF in Britain appears to most Canadians as a logical development. 1971 Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pa.) 15 Feb. 3 (heading) Draft resister Canadianized himself for years in exile. 1996 Ice Hockey News Rev. 28 Sept. 15/1 They've certainly become ‘Canadianized’ after the time that they've spent there, but our Italian background is always present and always very strong. 2015 Postmedia Breaking News (Nexis) 27 Feb. Originally developed for the U.S., the School of Public Policy Canadianized it. 2. intransitive. To become Canadian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [verb (intransitive)] Canadianize1957 1957 Financial Times 23 Jan. 12/3 Proposing a system of tax incentives which might induce American companies to ‘Canadianise’. 1964 Economist 21 Mar. 1134/3 Corporations..will..have their own incentive to ‘Canadianise’. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau iii. 118 Newcomers here were under relatively little pressure to ‘Canadianize’, to adapt their styles and manners to those of the host country. 2011 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 26 Jan. a14 Mass immigration, many feel, will only be desirable when immigrants choose to Canadianize. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1843 |
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