To collectivize is to join privately owned farms or businesses together so that the government owns and runs them, in a Communist political system. Historians say a state collectivized the land, or that small farms were collectivized.

To collectivize iscollectivize集體化，是 to join privately owned farms or businesses together把私人擁有的農地或企業合併在一起 so that the government owns and runs them，讓政府擁有並經營它們, in a Communist political system，在共產政治體系裡. Historians say歷史學家會說 a state collectivized the land某個國家把土地collectivized集體化了, or that small farms were collectivized，或小農場被collectivized集體化了.

Same story as collectivization, only this is the verb — the doing, not the name of the policy. It is formal, and it belongs in history, news, and politics, not in talk about friends pooling money.

Same story as collectivization跟collectivization集體化是同一回事, only this is the verb，只是這個是動詞 — the doing, not the name of the policy——是在做這件事，而不是這個政策的名稱. It is formal它是正式用語, and it belongs in history, news, and politics，屬於歷史、新聞和政治的語境, not in talk about friends pooling money，不是朋友湊錢那種場合.

British spelling often uses collectivise, with an s; American writing usually keeps the z. Though actually, people sometimes stretch the verb to any official takeover that folds private shops or land into one state-run pile, but the core picture is still farms and businesses under Communist rule.

British spelling often uses collectivise英式拼法常用collectivise, with an s（用s）; American writing usually keeps the z；美式寫作通常保留z. Though actually, people sometimes stretch the verb不過，其實人們有時候會把這個動詞延伸 to any official takeover，用到任何官方接管行為 that folds private shops or land into one state-run pile，把私人商店或土地併入國營體系的, but the core picture is still，但核心的畫面仍然是 farms and businesses under Communist rule共產統治下的農場和企業.