civilize
vt. 使开化；使文明
形容词：civilizable 名词：civilizer 过去式：civilized 过去分词：civilized 现在分词：civilizing 第三人称单数：civilizes
近义词：educate，cultivate，enlighten，humanize，improve，advance，develop，refine，indoctrinate，socialize，citify，elevate，sophisticate，edify，civilise，train，school，
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vt. 使开化,文明 cause to improve from a primitive stage of human society to a more developed one
- vt. 给予教育 improve and educate
英英释义
Verb
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste" "Train your tastebuds" "She is well schooled in poetry"
- raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
组词搭配
～+名词
- civilize a barbarous people教化野蛮的民族
- civilize a great part of the world使世界上很大一部分地区趋于文明
- civilize the savages教化那些野蛮人
～+副词
- civilize away a bad habit教育…使其改掉恶习
例句
- 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。
- 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。
词语用法
v.(动词)
- 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。 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。 在英式英语中，civilize也可以写作civilise。