westernize

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We might try to "westernize" some Chinese dishes.
我們可以將中國(guó)才“西化”。
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Now I know it’s a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also Westernize.
現(xiàn)在我知道西方國(guó)家有一個(gè)普遍的假設(shè)隨著國(guó)家的現(xiàn)代化，它們也會(huì)西方化。
She lacks confidence, explains Min-kyong's mother, a problem she hopes will be solved when her pre-teen undergoes plastic surgery, to westernize her eyes.
她缺乏自信，閔京的媽媽說(shuō)，我希望通過(guò)外科整形將她的眼睛變得更西化一些之后，能解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

Attempts to secularize or Westernize the world's 1.3 billion Muslims will not solve this ideological conflict.
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Although increased trade was intended to "Westernize" China, the trade relationships fostered by the Administration's policies appear to have had little appreciable effect on China's political evolution.
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Notwithstanding all the man is doing to westernize his finances--with a PricewaterhouseCoopers audit, a cash dividend and an ADR--investors still apply a transparency discount to the whole Russian market.
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to cause the ideas and ways of doing things that are common in North America and most of Europe to be used and accepted by someone or something in or from another part of the world