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externalize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·ter·nal·ize (also externalise British English) /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪz $ -ɜːr-/ AWL verb [transitive] formal  EXPRESSto express inner feelings 表露〔内心感受〕 internalizeexternalization /ɪkˌstɜːnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -ˌstɜːrnələ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
externalizeHaving internalized, or appropriated, what is culturally available, men can then externalize and construct different sorts of meaning.But alcoholics tend to externalize their problems.They allow us to externalize what we hold in our own subconscious depths.
From Longman Business Dictionaryexternalizeex‧ter‧nal‧ize /ɪkˈstɜːnəl-aɪz-ɜːr-/ (also externalise British English) verb [transitive]HUMAN RESOURCESCOMMERCE if a company externalizes supplies or services, it buys them from other companies rather than making them or performing them itselfSYN OUTSOURCEJobs were lost as firms externalized services previously provided in-house.→ See Verb table
ex·ter·nal·ize verbChineseSyllable
express inner to feelings Business Corpus


externalize
externalize AC (also externalise British English) /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪz $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive] formal
to express inner feelings ⇨ internalize
—externalization /ɪkˌstɜːnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -ˌstɜːrnələ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]


ex·ter·nal·ize AW (BrE also ex·ter·nal·ise) BrE /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they externalize BrE /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it externalizes BrE /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple externalized BrE /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪzd/ 🔊past participle externalized BrE /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form externalizing BrE /ɪkˈstɜːnəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to show what you are thinking and feeling by what you say or do (以言行)表达;使(思想、感情)表露出来   compare internalize ex·ter·nal·iza·tion AW, ex·ter·nal·isa·tion BrE /ɪkˌstɜːnəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ɪkˌstɜːrnələˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]