civilize

英[ˈsɪvəlaɪz]
美[ˈsɪvəlaɪz]

基本释义

  • v.教化,使有教养

词性变化

实用例句

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。

牛津词典

...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。

To civilize the barbarous people is not easy.

要使野蛮人开化不是简单的.

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Knowledge can civilize people.

知识能够使人有教养.

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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.

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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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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.

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They tried to civilize the natives.

他们企图教化土人.

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Those facilities are intended to civilize people.

那些设施的目的在于教化民众.

辞典例句

We must civilize away the boy's bad habit.

我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习.

《简明英汉词典》

If you will civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

假使你想教育一个男人, 先从他的祖母开始吧.

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The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes of Europe.

罗马人希望把欧洲所有的部落都变成文明社会.

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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.

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Widow Douglas is trying to civilize me? and I won't stand for that.

道格拉斯寡妇想要教化我,那我可受不了.

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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.

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It takes years to civilize a racial war area.

使一个有种族冲突的地区接受文明,需要多年的时间.

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Their objective was to civilize the conquered nations.

他们的目标是教化那些被他们征服的国家.

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"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。”

柯林斯例句

真题例句

By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

My primary concern is: How can I soften or civilize this message?

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

英英释义

Verb
  • 1. train 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"