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 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。