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liberalize sth
及物用法，宾语常为法律、规则、贸易等。
The government promised to liberalize the country's trade laws.
政府承诺放宽该国的贸易法。
放宽；使自由化
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放宽；使自由化
to make laws or rules less strict and more liberal
The government promised to liberalize the country's trade laws.
政府承诺放宽该国的贸易法。
宾语常为法律、规则、贸易等
使自由化；使自由。
to make liberal, free.
变得自由化；变得自由。
to become liberal, free.
liberalize
Base
原形
liberalizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
liberalizing
-ing
现在分词
liberalized
Past
过去式
liberalized
Past participle
过去分词
The government gradually liberalizes trade regulations.
政府逐步放宽贸易法规。
They liberalized the market last year.
他们去年放开了市场。
The country has liberalized its visa policy.
该国已经放宽了签证政策。
常指放宽法律、规则或限制，使事物更自由；规则变化。
The government decided to liberalize the rules on foreign investment.
政府决定放宽外国投资的规定。
Over the past decade, many countries have liberalized their trade policies.
过去十年间，许多国家放宽了贸易政策。
The energy market liberalized after the new law was passed.
新法律通过后，能源市场自由化了。
及物用法，宾语常为法律、规则、贸易等。
The government promised to liberalize the country's trade laws.
政府承诺放宽该国的贸易法。
不及物用法，主语常为制度、社会等，表示“变得自由化”。
The political system gradually liberalized after the reforms.
改革之后，政治体制逐渐自由化。
Not this
The government liberalized on trade.
Use this
The government liberalized trade.
liberalize 是及物动词，后接宾语，表示“放宽/使……自由化”。受汉语“对……自由化”的影响，容易在动词后加介词 on；应去掉 on，直接说 liberalize trade。
Not this
The liberalize of the market was necessary.
Use this
The liberalization of the market was necessary.
liberalize 是动词，不能直接用作名词。此处需要名词形式 liberalization（自由化）；-ize 是动词后缀，-ization 是相应的名词后缀。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
放宽贸易管制
The government plans to liberalize trade with neighboring countries.
政府计划放宽与邻国的贸易管制。
开放经济；放宽经济管制
Many countries have chosen to liberalize the economy to attract investment.
许多国家选择开放经济以吸引投资。
放宽移民法律
The new administration promised to liberalize immigration laws.
新政府承诺放宽移民法律。
放开市场
The reform aims to liberalize markets and boost competition.
这项改革旨在放开市场、促进竞争。
放宽监管法规
They voted to liberalize regulations on small businesses.
他们投票决定放宽对小企业的监管法规。
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把 liberalize 拆开记：liberal（自由开明）+ ize（使…化），想象“使规则变得更自由开明”，就是放宽。
语域：formal 常见场景：policy documents、news reports、economic and trade discussions 该词通常用于正式的政策、法律或经济语境，也多见于新闻报道；日常口语中较少使用。
All six words end in the same unstressed syllable /laɪz/, spelled -ize, but they do not fully rhyme with liberalize because the stressed vowel and the sounds after it differ. They are useful lookalikes for the -ize suffix, not true rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.