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
- 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。 - School education helped to civilize the people.
学校教育使人们文明起来。 - Thinking about Showing Civilize Care in Sports News Reports
关于体育新闻报道中体现人文关怀的思考 - 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 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; - The Romans set out to civilize the ancient britons.
罗马人着手开化古代的不列颠人。 - '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。” - The african countries hoped to civilize all the primitive tribes on the land.
非洲国家希望把非洲所有的原始部落都变成文明社会。 - It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
这产生了教化人类的影响。 - 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。