personalize /ˈpɜːsənəˌlaɪz/ ( personalizing, personalized, personalizes )

BRIT also personalise

• 1. 

  V-T If an object is personalized, it is marked with the name or initials of its owner. 标上主人名字 [usu passive]

  例：

  Gift certificates are personalized with both the recipient and giver names.

  礼品券上标明了获得者和给予者的名字。

• 2. 

  personalized ADJ [ADJ n]

  例：

  The personalized number plate is 7698, Tiger's birthday.

  个人化车牌上写有7698， 泰戈的生日。

• 3. 

  V-T If you personalize something, you do or design it specially according to the needs of an individual or to your own needs. 为个人特制(或专设)

  例：

  You can usually also personalize a computer dictionary.

  你还通常可以根据个人需要设计一个电脑词典。

  例：

  In a small company, you will receive more personalized service.

  在一个小公司里，你将得到更多的个人化服务。

• 4. 

  V-T If you personalize an argument, discussion, idea, or issue, you consider it from the point of view of individual people and their characters or relationships, rather than considering the facts in a general or abstract way. 使...个人化

  例：

  Anne Frank personalized the horrors of the Holocaust in her own words.

  安.弗兰克用她自己的话使大屠杀的恐怖个人化。

  例：

  From the beginning, the whole crisis was too personalized.

  从一开始，整个危机被过分个人化了。