[] () to sell a business or an industry so that it is no longer owned and controlled by the government 使…私有化；将…私有化◆Air traffic control has been privatized. 空中交通管制已被私有化。◆the decision to privatize the railways 将铁路私有化的决定◆newly privatized companies 新近私有化的公司SYNdenationalize OPPnationalize ▸privatization, privatisation /ˌpraɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃn; NAmE-təˈz-/
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[, ]◆the privatization of the water industry 水工业的私有化◆rail privatization 铁路私有化