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civilize美 ['sɪvɪ.laɪz] 英 ['sɪvəlaɪz] 第三人称单数：civilizes 现在分词：civilizing 过去式：civilized v. enlighten,educate,cultivate,improve,advance 1. | ~ sb/sth 教化；开化；使文明；使有教养to educate and improve a person or a society; to make sb's behaviour or manners better |
| 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。 |
v. | 1. to create a high level of culture and social organization in a society 2. to teach somebody to behave in a more socially and culturally acceptable way 3. to make someone behave in a more polite and reasonable way 4. to help a society to develop its culture and institutions 5. bring from a savage or ignorant condition to a higher one(by giving education in methods of government,moral teaching,etc.) 1. to create a high level of culture and social organization in a society 2. to teach somebody to behave in a more socially and culturally acceptable way 3. to make someone behave in a more polite and reasonable way 4. to help a society to develop its culture and institutions 5. bring from a savage or ignorant condition to a higher one(by giving education in methods of government,moral teaching,etc.) |
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