localize

lo·cal·ize (also localise British English) /ˈləʊkəlaɪz $ ˈloʊ-/ verb [transitiveT] formal

1 FINDto find out exactly where something is 找出…的确切位置

A mechanic is trying to localize the fault.

技工正在寻找故障所在。

2 LIMITto limit the effect that something has, or the size of area it covers 使〔某物的影响〕限于局部，限制…的范围

They hoped to localize the fighting.

他们希望把战事控制在局部范围之内。

—localization /ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌloʊkələ-/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

localize• In 1850 the food industries were generally small-scale and localized.• The last outbreak of Hepatitis A in the city occurred in 1992 when the virus was localized among gay men.• Peasant violence was generally localized and poorly organized, but there were serious risings in almost every decade of the seventeenth century.• When the sheet is examined in the electron microscope filaments are seen to be localized at the upper surface.• Croft plans to localize his campaign to each state.• Moreover, traditional and historical factors can do much to localize the significance of even such evidence as seems firm.• Is the pain localized to the neck or does it radiate to shoulder, arm, or hand?

From Longman Business Dictionary