localize

1. V-T If you localize something, you identify precisely where it is. 找出...的地方

Examine the painful area carefully in an effort to localize the most tender point. 仔细地检查痛处，找出最痛的地方来。

2. V-T If you localize something, you limit the size of the area that it affects and prevent it from spreading. 使局部化

Few officers thought that a German-Czech war could be localized. 没几个军官认为德捷之战会是局部战争。