modern加ize的形式为modernize。modernize可作名词和动词两种形式，基本含义为“使现代化”、“使设备、概念等现代化”、“现代化事物”，其复数形式是直接加s，即modernizes。

1、作为动词时，意为使(制度、方法等)现代化;使(设备、概念等)现代化。

例句：Unfortunately we lack the resources to modernize.

遗憾的是我们缺乏现代化所需的财力。

They resisted our attempts to modernize the distribution of books.

他们反对我们采用现代化方式发行图书。

Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither.

无法实现现代化的行业已经自行衰落。

It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.

他们使国家工业现代化方面明显失败。

Microsoft made efforts to modernize the Start menu with a fresh design.

微软试图用新颖的设计让开始菜单更具现代风格。

We were brought to teach English because the government wanted to modernize the country

我们被请来教英语，因为政府想要发展国家现代化

First, the port area has been completely modernized and relocated.

首先，港区已完全实现现代化，并在他处进行了重建。

He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism.

他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。

It modernizes the game while lowering the learning curve for newer players.

它让游戏更为现代化，降低了对新手的入门要求。

2、作为名词时，是可数名词，意为现代化事物。

例句：Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized

直升机已经更新换代，装配了现代化设备。

He committed himself to the cause of modernizing the country's industry.

他献身于国家的工业现代化建设事业。

In time to come, as a society modernizes, people's rights and responsibilities should be balanced.

从发展的角度看，一个社会越是具有现代性，它的公民的权利和义务就越是平衡。