Word · Frequency #10711
maximize
使最大化；使增至最大限度
核心释义
make as big or large as possible
- 1.
使尽可能大；最大化
To make as large as possible.
- 2.
将(窗口)扩大到填满主显示区域
To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.
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
用法In use
You should maximize every opportunity to practice your English.
用法提示：此处 maximize 是动词原形，意为“充分利用”，后接宾语 every opportunity。
She maximized her weekends by visiting museums and reading.
用法提示：此处 maximized 是过去式，表示“充分利用”，作及物动词。
We are maximizing the benefits of this subscription by sharing it with our family.
用法提示：此处 are maximizing 是现在进行时，说明正在充分利用，后接宾语 the benefits。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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”。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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。
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