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mobilize

verb
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/
(British English also mobilise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mobilize
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪz/
he / she / it mobilizes
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/
past simple mobilized
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/
past participle mobilized
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzd/
-ing form mobilizing
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/
🔊/ˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] mobilize (somebody) to work together in order to achieve a particular aim; to organize a group of people to do this组织；鼓动；动员 synonym rally
    • The unions mobilized thousands of workers in a protest against the cuts.各级工会组织了数千名工人抗议削减工资。🔊🔊
    • They successfully mobilized public opinion against him.他们成功地鼓动舆论反对他。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • effectively
    • successfully
    • quickly
    • …
    verb + mobilize
    • be able to
    • can be mobilized
    preposition
    • against
    • for
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  2.  
    [transitive] mobilize something to find and start to use something that is needed for a particular purpose调动；调用 synonym marshal
    • They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed.他们无法调用他们需要的资源。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • effectively
    • successfully
    • quickly
    • …
    verb + mobilize
    • be able to
    • can be mobilized
    preposition
    • against
    • for
    See full entry
  3.  
    [transitive, intransitive] mobilize (somebody/something) if a country mobilizes its army, or if a country or army mobilizes, it makes itself ready to fight in a war（战时）动员
    • The troops were ordered to mobilize.部队接到了动员令。🔊🔊
    • The military is able to mobilize rapidly.军队能够迅速动员起来。
    compare demobilizeTopics War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • effectively
    • successfully
    • quickly
    • …
    verb + mobilize
    • be able to
    • can be mobilized
    preposition
    • against
    • for
    See full entry
    4. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French mobiliser, from mobile, from Latin mobilis, from movere ‘to move’.