objectify

vt. 使客观化

发音

其它 /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/

词形变化

objectified objectifies 三单 objectifies objectifying objectifying 现在分词 objectified 过去式 objectified 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

    具象化

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To treat (something) as objectively real.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone).

    物化

    及物

    Near-synonyms: demean, fetishize

    She talks about the fact that women objectify men just as much as men objectify women, and she even admits her culpability in doing so by talking about how sometimes she wishes she had a group of "nubile 17 year old soccer players" to keep her happy.

    The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

depersonalise depersonalize exteriorise exteriorize externalise externalize

上位词 3

change alter modify

词源

From object + -ify.

来源：wiktionary