nationalize
nationalise, v [Tn]
1 transfer (sth) from private to public ownership 將(某物)歸為公有; 公有化
nationalize the railways, the coal-mines, the steel industry, etc 把鐵路、 煤礦、 鋼鐵工業等歸為公有
a nationalized industry 公有化的工業. Cf 參看 denationalize, privatize.
2 make (sb) a national 使(某人)歸化為一國的公民
nationalized Poles and Greeks in the USA 已成為美國公民的波蘭人和希臘人.