urbanized
adjective (UK usually urbanised) uk/ˈɜː.bən.aɪzd/ us/ˈɝː.bən.aɪzd/
城镇化的
having a lot of houses, offices, factories, etc., or having a lot of people who live and work in cities or towns
The UK is a highly urbanized country. 英国是一个高度城镇化的国家。
They would prefer to live in a smaller home, in a more urbanized area. 他们更愿意住在一个较小的房子里，住在一个更城市化的地区。
See: urbanize
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- In one five-year period we saw a 12 percent increase in the amount of urbanized land.
- It's always difficult to build in already urbanized communities, because there is no open space.
- As the world's developing nations have become more urbanized, their birthrates have fallen dramatically.