An industrialized country or place already has a lot of factories, mines, and machine-work. The -ed tells you the change has happened; it is a description of the result.

An industrialized country or place一個工業化的國家或地方already has已經有a lot of factories, mines, and machine-work很多工廠、礦場和機械作業。The -ed字尾的-ed tells you告訴你the change has happened這個轉變已經發生了; it is這是a description of the result對結果的描述。

News and geography use it all the time: industrialized nations, the industrialized world. British spelling: industrialised.

News and geography新聞和地理use it all the time常常這樣用: industrialized nations工業化國家、the industrialized world工業化世界。British spelling英式拼法: industrialisedindustrialised（用s拼）。

Though actually, the line is messier than the tidy phrase. A place can have factories and still be called developing, and “industrialized” in headlines often just means “rich, with heavy industry.” Do not mix it with industrial: an industrial zone is a place for factories; an industrialized country is a country that has gone through that big shift.

Though actually不過實際上, the line這條界線is messier than比...還要模糊the tidy phrase整齊的說法。A place一個地方can have factories可能有工廠and still be called卻還是被稱作developing開發中, and而且“industrialized” in headlines標題裡的「industrialized」often just means常常只是指“rich, with heavy industry.”「富有、有重工業」。Do not mix it with不要把它跟...搞混industrialindustrial: an industrial zoneindustrial zone(工業區)is a place for factories是放工廠的地方; an industrialized countryindustrialized country(工業化國家)is a country是一個國家that has gone through that big shift經歷過那個大轉變。

Industrialized is also the past of the verb: the coast was industrialized in twenty years.

IndustrializedIndustrializedis also也是the past of the verb動詞的過去式: the coast was industrialized in twenty yearsthe coast was industrialized in twenty years（這片海岸在二十年間完成了工業化）。