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
Collins.1 / BNC.37707 / COCA.27624
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- 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。
- The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 教化;使开化
Tocivilizea person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.- ...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 - It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
这产生了教化人类的影响。
- ...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilise
英英释义
verb
- raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
- The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- Cultivate your musical taste
- Train your tastebuds
- She is well schooled in poetry
双语例句
- The culture means to civilize people, and its function is to control and reform people's natural attribute and behavior.
文化的本义是以文化民,其作用是对人自己的自然属性和本能行为进行自律和改造; - 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。 - We are smiling, and smile are passing the warming wlcome to the friends, and smile are passing our civilize and culture to the world.
我们笑容满面。微笑将把我们的热情传递给朋友,微笑将把我们的文化传递给世界。 - 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。 - The missionaries intended to civilize the wild tribes of africa.
传教士们打算去教化非洲的野蛮部落。 - It takes years to civilize a racial war area.
使一个有种族冲突的地区接受文明,需要多年的时间。 - It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
这产生了教化人类的影响。 - 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。 - And to educate the Filipinos, to civilize them, and make Christians of them.
并且要教育菲律宾人,让他们文明化,让他们变成基督徒。 - I'm on a mission to civilize, not to entertain.
我来的任务是教化他们的,而不是来享受。