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civilize

音標['sivilaiz] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 使開化, 使文明
vi. 變文明

詞型變化:

名詞:civilizer 動詞過去式:civilized 過去分詞:civilized 現在分詞:civilizing 第三人稱單數:civilizes 形容詞:civilizable 

英文解釋:

動詞 civilize:

  1. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
    同義詞:educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise
  2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
    同義詞:civilise

例句:

  1. His wife has had a civilizing influence on him.
    妻子對改進他言談舉止有潛移默化的影響
  2. Many a rough man has been civilized by his wife.
    許多粗野的男人在妻子的開導下變得文雅了。

詳細解釋:


civ.i.lize

v.tr.(及物動詞)
civ.i.lized,civ.i.liz.ing,civ.i.liz.es
To raise from barbarism to an enlightened stage of development; bring out of a primitive or savage state.
使文明:使…從野蠻到一個開化的發展階段;把…帶出原始社會階段或奴隸社會階段
To educate in matters of culture and refinement; make more polished or sophisticated.
使文雅:教以文化優雅;使…更圓滑或老於世故

【引伸】
civ.iliz.able
adj.(形容詞)
civ.iliz.er
n.(名詞)

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