civilise
英 ['sɪvɪlaɪz] 美 [ˈsɪvəˌlaɪz]

vt.

使文明，使开化；

英英释义

civilise[ 'sivilaiz ]

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

    同义词：educateschooltraincultivatecivilize

  • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

    同义词：civilize

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。

权威例句

ConklinA. L., A Mission to Civilise: the republican idea of empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930. Stanford CA: Stanford Unive...
The way we civilise : aboriginal affairs - the untold story
The Way We Civilise
The Way We Civilise, by Rosalind Kidd, University of Queensland Press, 1997, 389 pages.
The Changing Moral Justification of Empire: From the Right to Colonise to the Obligation to Civilise
To Civilise the City?
« PERSONA » ET CULTURE: RÉIFICATION ET HYPOSTATISATION DE L'HOMME DANS LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILISÉE
Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution. On the Relative Variation and Correlation in Civilised and Uncivilised Races
Carnage! Coming to a town near you? Nightlife, uncivilised behaviour and the carnivalesque body
Bringing Civil Society to an Uncivilised Place: Citizenship Regimes in Russia's Arctic Frontier