civilise

美 [ˈsɪvɪˌlaɪz] 　英 [ˈsɪvəlaɪz]

词形变化

第三人称单数：civilizes 现在分词：civilizing 过去式：civilized

同义词

enlighten , educate , cultivate , improve , advance

英汉双解

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。

英汉解释

v.	1. 使文明;启发,教化,开化;教育 2. 变成文明(社会)

英英解释

v.	1. to make someone behave in a more polite and reasonable way 2. to help a society to develop its culture and institutions

例句

Thousands of Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families and raised by whites in a government policy to "~~civilise~~" them.

按照政府“教化”土著居民的政策，成千上万的土著孩子曾被强行从家中带走并交由白人抚养。

Better plumbing, a taste for innovation, and a mission to ~~civilise~~ immigrants all played a part.

更好的探索，创新的尝试，一系列使移民更文明的任务都在起着作用。

Man was determined to ~~civilise~~ himself and his brothers, even if heads had to roll!

人下决心使自己和他的兄弟们文明起来，即便那意味着人头落地！

Eg The Romans hoped to ~~civilise~~ all the tribes of Europe.

罗马人希望教化欧洲所有的部落。

Every uncivilised country has a decision to allow them to ~~civilise~~.

所有未开化国家有一个让他们开化的决议。

The policy aimed to "~~civilise~~" Aborigines

当时的政策是为了“教化”土著居民

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