单词 | mobilize |
释义 | mobilize (once / 1443 pages) v Use the verb mobilize to describe preparing something — or someone — to spring into action, or to be put into use. You might mobilize the troops, or even your classmates, into action. A busy mother might mobilize her kids to grab their lunches and head out to the bus stop on time, and a detective might mobilize her resources before tracking down a wily criminal. Mobilize literally means "make mobile," and the Latin root is mobilis, "movable, pliable, or flexible." WORD FAMILYmobilize: demobilize, mobilization, mobilized, mobilizes, mobilizing+/demobilise: demobilised, demobilising/demobilization: demobilizations/demobilize: demobilization, demobilized, demobilizes, demobilizing/immobile: immobilely, immobilise, immobility, immobilize/immobilise: immobilisation, immobilised, immobilising/immobility: immobilities/immobilize: immobilization, immobilized, immobilizes, immobilizing/mobile: immobile, mobiles, mobilise, mobility, mobilize/mobilisation: demobilisation, mobilisations/mobilise: demobilise, mobilisation, mobilised, mobilises, mobilising/mobilization: mobilizations USAGE EXAMPLES“They want to mobilize the masses, not just within China.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Finally, they are aimed at multiple parts of the progressive base and designed to mobilize beneficiaries to protect the benefits they enjoy. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) He said it aimed to mobilize public opinion “in the face of the devastation of unique heritage.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v make ready for action or use Syn|Hyper marshal, mobilise, summon collect, garner, gather, pull together assemble or get together 2v get ready for war Syn|Ant|Hyper mobilise demob, demobilise, demobilize retire from military service militarise, militarize lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force 3v call to arms; of military personnel Syn|Ant|Hyper call up, mobilise, rally demobilise, demobilize, inactivate release from military service or remove from the active list of military service call, send for order, request, or command to come 4v cause to move around Syn|Hyper circulate, mobilise displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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