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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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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
      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 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。