civilize
civilize 英 [ˈsɪvəlaɪz] 美 [ˈsɪvəˌlaɪz]
v. 使文明；使开化
进行时:civilizing 过去式:civilized 过去分词:civilized 第三人称单数:civilizes
- To civilize is to make someone or something more tame or refined, and less wild. A new police chief might try to civilize a city by cracking down on small crimes.
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- v. 使文明；使开化
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1. School education helped to civilize the people.
学校教育使人们文明起来。
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2. 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。
- civilize (v.) c. 1600, "to bring out of barbarism, introduce order and civil organization among, refine and enlighten," from French civiliser, verb from Old French civil (adj.), from Latin civilis "relating to a citizen, relating to public life, befitting a citizen; popular, affable, courteous," alternative adjectival derivative of civis "townsman" (see city). Intransitive meaning "become civilized" is from 1868. Related: Civilized; civilizing.
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