maximize

这是个什么词？

词：maximize

英英释义：to use something in a way that gives you the greatest practical value or the best results

例句： To maximize short-term profits, some restaurants use illegally recycled waste cooking oil.

2. 为什么选这个词？

“maximize”是及物动词，意思是“将......最大化、充分利用”。《经济学人》几乎每期都会出现这个词，当我们想表达 take full advantage of something 的时候就可以用 maximize 造句替换，口语和写作中都可以使用。下面通过几个例子来掌握这个词。 注意：maximize 是美式拼写，英式拼写是 maximise。

一些饭店为了短期的经济利益不惜使用地沟油，我们就可以说：

To maximize short-term profits, some restaurants use illegally recycled waste cooking oil.

德州扑克的核心是将价值最大化，将损失最小化，就可以说：

The essence of Texas Hold'em is to maximize value and minimize loss.（maximize 和 minimize 是一组反义词，可以一并掌握）

很多人会充分利用年假，去一些较远的地方或者深度探索某个地方。可以说：

To maximize the annual holiday, we decided to take a road trip in the US.

《经济学人》最近在一篇介绍互联网行业的文章中就用到了 maximize :

To maximise their chances, many are offering not just a single service (such as search or video), as Western firms tended to in their early years, but a bundle of services in one app instead, in the hope of making more money per user. This approach was pioneered in China by Alibaba and Tencent.

另一篇介绍家长和孩子关系的《经济学人》文章中也出现了 maximize :

Parents generally try to maximise the welfare, present and future, of their children (and, secondarily, themselves) subject to constraints of money and time.

《经济学人》在写一些创业公司为了解决卡车司机闲置的时间时也用到了 maximize:

For a few years startups like Cargomatic and Convoy have been helping drivers maximise their gainful time behind the wheel by digitising the matching of shipments with lorries.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子： 为了充分体验欧洲，这对夫妇提前读了几本关于欧洲的书，做了详尽的计划。

（参考翻译：To maximize their trip to Europe, the couple read a few books about it in advance and planned the trip carefully.）

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

例子：

场景：