adapt (something) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing modern equipment or adopting modern ideas or methods.
a five-year plan to modernize Algerian agriculture
同义词：
updatebring up to datebring/drag/lead/march into the twenty-first centurystreamlinerationalizetechnologizeoverhauldeveloprenovaterebuildreindustrializeremodelrefashionretouchremakeredorefreshrevampmake overrejuvenateredecoraterefurbishget up to datemove with the timesinnovatemake changes/alterationsinformal：do overtart upinformal：get in the swimdrag oneself into the twenty-first centuryget on the ballget with it
