synchronize

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syn·chro·nize (also synchronise British English) /ˈsɪŋkrənaɪz/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TIME/AT THE SAME TIME to happen at exactly the same time, or to arrange for two or more actions to happen at exactly the same time （使）同时发生，（使）同步

synchronize something with something

Businesses must synchronize their production choices with consumer choices.

企业的产品品类必须与消费者的选择保持一致。

2. synchronize your watches TMto make two or more watches show exactly the same time 校准〔两个或多个〕钟表；对表

—synchronization /ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -nə-/ noun [uncountableU]

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synchronize• Our company must synchronize production with marketing campaigns.• Each of these three is free to use; each also requires you to download a Windows-only synchronizing software.• Their battle cry at the moment is: To know synchronized swimming is to love synchronized swimming.• Colourful flashing lights synchronize the sound.• In this way cohorts of embryos can be gathered which are synchronized to a particular developmental transition.• Sometimes converging swells will synchronize to produce a peak that is higher than any of the separate peaks that preceded it.• You have to force yourself not to talk to the visual aids and to synchronize your gestures with your main messages.

syn·chro·nize verb

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