socialize

人と交流する、人付き合いする

ほかの人と話したり、一緒に楽しく過ごしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To spend time talking and enjoying yourself with other people.

• I enjoy socializing with friends.
• We socialized after the meeting.
• Do you get many chances to socialize?

使い方： socialize with someone (She likes to socialize with her neighbours.)

類義語： mix, mingle

よく使う表現： socialize with friends, socialize after work, socialize with someone

社会性を身につけさせる、社会化する

日常の経験などを通して、社会で求められる振る舞いを身につけさせる。

やさしい英語で： To teach someone how people in their society are expected to behave, often through everyday experience.

• Families help socialize children.
• She was socialized to avoid open disagreement.
• Different cultures socialize young people in different ways.

使い方： socialize someone into something (Schools socialize children into the habits of their society.); socialize someone to do something (Children are socialized to follow certain rules.)

類義語： acculturate

よく使う表現： socialize children, socialize someone into, socialize someone to

社会化する、公有化する

企業や財産を、政府や社会全体の所有にする。

やさしい英語で： To put businesses or property under the ownership of the government or the whole community.

• The party wants to socialize the banks.
• The government socialized several major industries.
• Would socializing land change how farms operate?

類義語： nationalize, collectivize

反対語： privatize

よく使う表現： socialize industry, socialize the banks, socialize private property