privatize /ˈpraɪvɪˌtaɪz/ ( privatizing, privatized, privatizes )

BRIT also privatise

• 1. 

  V-T If a company, industry, or service that is owned by the state is privatized, the government sells it and makes it a private company. 使私有化 [商业]

  例：

  Many state-owned companies were privatized.

  许多国有公司被私有化了。

  例：

  ...a move to privatize prisons.

  …一项使监狱私有化的举措。

• 2. 

  privatization N-VAR 私有化

  例：

  ...the privatization of government services.

  …政府服务事业的私有化。