maximize: to use something in a way that gives you the greatest practical value or the best results
To maximize short-term profits, some restaurants use illegal recycled waste cooking oil. 【地沟油】
进阶篇：maximize: 及物动词，意思是“将...最大化、充分利用”= take full advantage of something, 口语和写作中都可以使用。
德州扑克的核心是将价值最大化，损失最小化。
The essence of Texas Hold’em is to maximize value and minimize loss.
很多人会充分利用年假，去一些较远的地方或者深度探索某个地方。
To maximize the annual holiday, we decided to take a road trip in the US.
《经济学人》用例：
【互联网行业】 To maximize their chances, many are offering not just a single service (such as search or video), as Western firms tended to in their early years, but a bundle of services in one app instead, in the hope of making more money per user. This approach was pioneered in China by Alibaba and Tencent.
【介绍家长和孩子关系】Parents generally try to maximize the welfare, present and future, of their children (and, secondarily, themselves) subject to constraints of money and time.
【创业公司为解决卡车司机闲置的时间】For a few years startups like Cargomatic and Convoy have been helping drivers maximize their gainful time behind the wheel by digitizing the matching of shipments with lorries.
应用篇：
1） 翻译：为了充分体验欧洲，这对夫妇提前读了几本关于欧洲的书，做了详尽计划。
To maximize their trip to Europe, the couple read a few books about it in advance and planned the trip carefully.
2) 造句: 为了提高每天的写作效率，她删掉了手机上 很多 apps.
To maximize her productivity of writing, she removed all the social media app from her mobile devices.
