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civilize

英 [ˈsɪvəlaɪz]

美 [ˈsɪvəlaɪz]

v.  教化; 开化; 使文明; 使有教养

过去式:civilized 过去分词:civilized 现在分词:civilizing 第三人称单数:civilizes 

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牛津词典

    verb

    • 教化;开化;使文明;使有教养
      to educate and improve a person or a society; to make sb's behaviour or manners better
      1. The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys.
        班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。

    柯林斯词典

      in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilise

    • VERB 教化;使开化
      Tocivilizea person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
      1. ...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...
        一出有关一个男人试图教化一个女人,结果反而被那个女人教化的喜剧
      2. It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
        这产生了教化人类的影响。

    英英释义

    verb

    • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
      1. The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized
      Synonym:civilise
    • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
      1. Cultivate your musical taste
      2. Train your tastebuds
      3. She is well schooled in poetry
      Synonym:educateschooltraincultivatecivilise

    双语例句

    • The wolves threatened to civilize the rabbits if they didn't behave, and the rabbits decided to run away to a desert island.
      狼威胁说,如果兔子继续为非作歹,它们将施以管教。兔子决定逃到一个荒岛上去。
    • The spirit of Nature has left the modern civilized man, and it seems to me we are trying to civilize the trees themselves.
      大自然的精神已经离开了现代的文明人;在我看来,我们正在企图使树木本身也开化了。
    • Let us not bully our way through life, but let a growing sensitivity to history temper and civilize our use of power.
      让我们不要在生活中充斥暴力,而是让一种日益增长的对历史的敏感,调和与开化对于权利的运用。
    • Thinking about Showing Civilize Care in Sports News Reports
      关于体育新闻报道中体现人文关怀的思考
    • Civilize, his wife has a civilizing influence on him.
      他的妻子对他起到了教化作用。
    • They hope to civilize all the natives in the distant area.
      他们希望使边远地区所有的老百姓都能接受文明。
    • Those facilities are intended to civilize people.
      那些设施的目的在於教化民众。
    • And smile are passing our civilize and culture to the world.
      微笑将把我们的文化传递给世界。
    • School education helped to civilize the people.
      学校教育使人们文明起来。
    • Widow Douglas is trying to civilize me? and I won't stand for that.
      道格拉斯寡妇想要教化我,那我可受不了。