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 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 true chuntzu would, by example, civilize and educate those he met, and persuade through his superior moral power.
真正的君子还会以自己良好的道德去影响、教化和说服他所遇见的每一个人。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The project aimed to "civilize" Aboriginal children.
那项计划本来为的是“教化”土著儿童。 - Civilize, his wife has a civilizing influence on him.
他的妻子对他起到了教化作用。 - 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 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。”