civilizes
[ˈsivilaiziz]

v.

使文明，使开化( civilize的第三人称单数 )；

双语释义

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

civilize[ 'sivilaiz ]

• v.
  • train to be discriminative in taste or judgment

    同义词：educateschooltraincultivatecivilise

  • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

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

    同义词：civilise

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+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

双语例句

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。

权威例句

Militarized Police and Unpermitted Protest: Implementing Policy That Civilizes the Police
When Death Civilizes
Wiley Wally civilizes the west
Ford Civilizes Its Popular Big Trucks - with Room for the Baby
MERCEDES CIVILIZES THE DIESEL
Character Curriculum Civilizes Classrooms
Seeing How Giving Civilizes; the Politics of Philanthropy
The sip that civilizes
Those Who "Witness the Evil"
Classicism and Romanitas in Plutarch's De Alexandri Fortuna Aut Virtute