civilize

英['sɪvəlaɪz] 美['sɪvəlaɪz]
  • vt. 使开化；使文明
civilizable civilizer civilized civilized civilizing civilizes
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 使开化,文明 cause to improve from a primitive stage of human society to a more developed one
    2. vt. 给予教育 improve and educate

英英释义

Verb:
  1. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

    "Cultivate your musical taste"
    "Train your tastebuds"
    "She is well schooled in poetry"

  2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;

    "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

双语例句

1. We must civilize away the boy's bad habit.
我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. "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。”

来自柯林斯例句

3. Those facilities are intended to civilize people.
那些设施的目的在于教化民众.

来自辞典例句

4. The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes in Europe.
罗马曾希望使所有的欧洲部落开化.

来自互联网

5. 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.

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    1. His wife has had a civilizing influence on him.
      他妻子对改进他言谈举止有潜移默化的影响。
    2. Many a rough man has been civilized by his wife.
      许多粗野的男人在妻子的开导下变得文雅了。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. They civilized the savages.
      他们教化那些野蛮人。
    2. Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
      学校将有助于使那儿的野蛮部落文明化。
    3. 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。
    4. The Romans civilized a great part of the world.
      罗马人使世界上很大一部分地区趋于文明。
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    5. He has been civilized by the hero.
      他受英雄的教化而变得文雅。
    6. The rough man has been civilized by his wife.
      那粗野的男人在妻子的开导下变得文雅了。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. civilize的基本意思是“使文明,使开化”,可指变得不粗野,也可进一步指变得文雅、举止得体。
  2. civilize可用作及物动词,其宾语常是表示人或部落的名词,可用于被动结构。
  3. 在英式英语中，civilize也可以写作civilise。
用作动词 (v.)
civilize away (v.+adv.)
    教育使其改掉 get rid of sth by civilization
    civilize sth ⇔ away

    We must civilize away the boy's bad habit.

    我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习。

用作动词 (v.)
～+名词 ～+副词

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CJ civilization civilized civilizedness civilize away civilized city civilized rule civilized mode civilized value Civilized urban civilized world civilized being
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