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

• If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
  假如你想教育一个男人，先从他的祖母开始吧。
• It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
  这产生了教化人类的影响。
• The project aimed to "civilize" Aboriginal children.
  那项计划本来为的是“教化”土著儿童。
• 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。
• 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。
• Keep a civilize environment and pay attention to kids manners.
  营造文明礼貌用语的环境，激发幼儿学说礼貌话。
• The governor of Rome wanted to civilize all the civilians by education.
  罗马的统治者想要通过教育来教化全罗马的公民。
• 'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' — 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'
  “我认为，如果人们有良好的环境，就会更有教养一点。”——“我想你说到点子上了。”
• 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。
• Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
  学校教育将有助于使那里的野蛮部落逐步开化。