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 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。
• School education helped to civilize the people.
  学校教育使人们文明起来。
• The Romans set out to civilize the ancient britons.
  罗马人着手开化古代的不列颠人。
• 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。
• Fortas considered the Supreme Court's refinement of the criminal law and its expansion of civil rights as a related process, part of an overall effort by society to civilize itself.
  福塔斯认为，最高法院所致力于的完善刑事法和扩大公民权利是两个相关程序，是社会自身文明化发展的总体努力的组成部分。
• They had given up trying to civilize Chicago, and they saw no point in including those mad dogs in this important conference.
  他们早已放弃了促使芝加哥派开化的打算，他们认为让那群疯狗也参加如此重要的会议是毫无道理的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its functions include direction, restriction, coordination, civilize, optimization and radiation.
  道路安全文化的功能包括导向、约束、协调、教化、优化与辐射功能。
• 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。