1968, from private (adj.) + -ize. Related: Privatized; privatizing.
权威例句
1. The government's first effort to privatize a company has been a roaring success.
政府首次实行公司私有化的努力获得了巨大的成功。
2. The government says it only wants to privatize one or two railway lines, but I think it's the thin end of the wedge . They'll all be privatised soon.
政府声称只打算把一两条铁路线私有化, 可是我觉得这只是个开头,很快所有的铁路都会私有化.
3. Free - market reforms have moved governments everywhere to downsize, deregulate, and privatize.
自由市场改革正促使各地政府缩小规模, 解除管制, 搞私有化.
4. They've told to privatize everything almost up to government departments.
它们告诉非洲要将政府部门的东西私有化.
5. Several efforts to privatize the airline have faltered because of political opposition.