Word · Frequency #10711
maximize
使最大化；使增至最大限度
make as big or large as possible
- 1.
To make as large as possible.
使尽可能大；最大化
- 2.
To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.
将(窗口)扩大到填满主显示区域
充分利用；尽量利用；使尽可能大；最大化；将(窗口)扩大到填满主显示区域；取...最大值；使增加(或扩大)到最大限度；[计] 最大化
In use
You should maximize every opportunity to practice your English.
She maximized her weekends by visiting museums and reading.
We are maximizing the benefits of this subscription by sharing it with our family.
maximize sth
maximize 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语。
We need to maximize our efficiency.
我们需要使效率最大化。
maximize the use of sth
这里的 use 是名词，of 后接被利用的事物。
Try to maximize the use of every available material.
尽量充分利用每一种可用的材料。
be maximized by doing sth
在计算机界面中，常用被动态表示窗口、图像等扩大到最大。
Connections
Collocations
- maximize profits
- 使利润最大化
- The company aims to maximize profits.这家公司的目标是使利润最大化。
- maximize efficiency
- 最大限度地提高效率
- Good planning helps us maximize efficiency.良好的规划有助于我们最大限度地提高效率。
- maximize potential
- 充分发挥潜力
- The program helps students maximize their potential.该计划帮助学生充分发挥他们的潜力。
- maximize returns
- 使回报最大化
- Investors seek to maximize returns on their capital.投资者力求使资本回报最大化。
- maximize value
- 使价值最大化
- We want to maximize value for our customers.我们想为客户创造最大价值。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 max 就是“最大”，加上 -imize 表示“使……”，所以 maximize 就是“使达到最大，尽量利用”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：business、academic writing、software UI、everyday advice 该词通常用于较正式或半正式的场合，如商务、学术和科技类语境；日常口语中更常说 make the most of。计算机语境里则固定表示“最大化（窗口）”。整体语域中性偏正式，具体含义随搭配和语境而变化。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words minimize, optimize, and customize share the exact unstressed ending /maɪz/ with maximize and the same first-syllable stress; they are good spelling/sound patterns but are not perfect rhymes because their stressed vowels differ. Size and prize rhyme with each other (stressed /saɪz/, /praɪz/) and show the sound of the -ize suffix, but they do not rhyme with maximize, whose stress is on the first syllable. Realize shares the -ize spelling and final /aɪz/ but with /l/ before it, so it looks similar but has a different pre-ending sound.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.