civilize
civilize
英[ˈsɪvəlaɪz]美[ˈsɪvəlaɪz]
v.教化，使有教养；
第三人称单数：civilizes;
过去式：civilized;
过去分词：civilized;
现在分词：civilizing;
例句
To civilize the barbarous people is not easy.要使野蛮人开化不是简单的.
Those facilities are intended to civilize people.那些设施的目的在于教化民众.
"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。”
'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。”
同义词
v.
civilize的同义词之：使文明,教化
humanizeindoctrinateeducatesocializecivilize的同义词之：教育,除去野蛮习俗
elevatecitifysophisticateedifyenlightencultivate英语四级真题
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
教化;使开化
To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
例句
...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。英英词典释义
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"
