Definition of civilianize in English:
civilianize
(British civilianise)
verb sɪˈvɪlj(ə)nʌɪzsəˈvilyəˌnīz
[with object]Make (something) non-military in character or function.
使转为民用
the president plans to civilianize the country by reducing the army's strength
Example sentencesExamples
- Even though it flew with a civilian registration, it was never fully civilianized and thus has a lot of its original equipment still installed.
- The disciplined services have carried out their own studies to identify which jobs need to be done by trained officers and which could be ‘civilianised’.
- What we need to begin doing is civilianizing many of the functions that are currently being undertaken by personnel in military uniform.
- Many current combat service support functions can be civilianized or contracted.
- I also always become concerned when someone wants to civilianize support or combat support units.