naturalizing
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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V-ERG
移植(植物);(使)(植物)適應異地生長環境
To naturalize a species of plant means to start it growing in an area where it is not usually found. If a plant naturalizes in an area where it was not found before, it starts to grow there naturally.
例句
A friend sent me a root from Mexico, and I hope to naturalize it...
一個朋友從墨西哥給我寄來一個根莖，我希望能在這兒把它種活。
The plant naturalises well in grass.
這種植物適應了這個環境，在草中生長得很好。
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VERB
使加入國籍;歸化
If the government of a country naturalizes someone, they allow a person who was not born in that country to become a citizen of it.
例句
No one expects the Baltic states to naturalise young Russian soldiers, but army pensioners can be given citizenship.
沒人期待波羅的海各國會讓年輕的俄羅斯士兵加入其國籍，但領取撫恤金的軍人可獲得公民身份。