civilize

verb

1. 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
   1. 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。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilise


1. VERB 教化;使开化
   To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
   1. ...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
   2. It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
      这产生了教化人类的影响。

1. It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
   这产生了教化人类的影响。
2. '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。”
3. The missionaries intended to civilize the wild tribes of africa.
   传教士们打算去教化非洲的野蛮部落。
4. Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
   学校教育将有助于使那里的野蛮部落逐步开化。
5. School education helped to civilize the people.
   学校教育使人们文明起来。
6. The wolves threatened to civilize the rabbits if they didn't behave, and the rabbits decided to run away to a desert island.
   狼威胁说，如果兔子继续为非作歹，它们将施以管教。兔子决定逃到一个荒岛上去。
7. And smile are passing our civilize and culture to the world.
   微笑将把我们的文化传递给世界。
8. Those facilities are intended to civilize people.
   那些设施的目的在於教化民众。
9. Widow Douglas is trying to civilize me? and I won't stand for that.
   道格拉斯寡妇想要教化我，那我可受不了。
10. We must civilize away the boy's bad habit.
    我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习。
11. The african countries hoped to civilize all the primitive tribes on the land.
    非洲国家希望把非洲所有的原始部落都变成文明社会。
12. If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
    假如你想教育一个男人，先从他的祖母开始吧。
13. Fortas considered the Supreme Court's refinement of the criminal law and its expansion of civil rights as a related process, part of an overall effort by society to civilize itself.
    福塔斯认为，最高法院所致力于的完善刑事法和扩大公民权利是两个相关程序，是社会自身文明化发展的总体努力的组成部分。
14. They had given up trying to civilize Chicago, and they saw no point in including those mad dogs in this important conference.
    他们早已放弃了促使芝加哥派开化的打算，他们认为让那群疯狗也参加如此重要的会议是毫无道理的。
15. Civilize, his wife has a civilizing influence on him.
    他的妻子对他起到了教化作用。
16. Let us not bully our way through life, but let a growing sensitivity to history temper and civilize our use of power.
    让我们不要在生活中充斥暴力，而是让一种日益增长的对历史的敏感，调和与开化对于权利的运用。
17. The spirit of Nature has left the modern civilized man, and it seems to me we are trying to civilize the trees themselves.
    大自然的精神已经离开了现代的文明人；在我看来，我们正在企图使树木本身也开化了。
18. They hope to civilize all the natives in the distant area.
    他们希望使边远地区所有的老百姓都能接受文明。
19. Keep a civilize environment and pay attention to kids manners.
    营造文明礼貌用语的环境，激发幼儿学说礼貌话。
20. The governor of Rome wanted to civilize all the civilians by education.
    罗马的统治者想要通过教育来教化全罗马的公民。
21. The Romans set out to civilize the ancient britons.
    罗马人着手开化古代的不列颠人。
22. And to educate the Filipinos, to civilize them, and make Christians of them.
    并且要教育菲律宾人，让他们文明化，让他们变成基督徒。
23. I'm on a mission to civilize, not to entertain.
    我来的任务是教化他们的，而不是来享受。
24. The project aimed to "civilize" Aboriginal children.
    那项计划本来为的是“教化”土著儿童。
25. Thinking about Showing Civilize Care in Sports News Reports
    关于体育新闻报道中体现人文关怀的思考
26. The true chuntzu would, by example, civilize and educate those he met, and persuade through his superior moral power.
    真正的君子还会以自己良好的道德去影响、教化和说服他所遇见的每一个人。
27. It takes years to civilize a racial war area.
    使一个有种族冲突的地区接受文明，需要多年的时间。
28. We are smiling, and smile are passing the warming wlcome to the friends, and smile are passing our civilize and culture to the world.
    我们笑容满面。微笑将把我们的热情传递给朋友，微笑将把我们的文化传递给世界。
29. The culture means to civilize people, and its function is to control and reform people's natural attribute and behavior.
    文化的本义是以文化民，其作用是对人自己的自然属性和本能行为进行自律和改造；
30. Its functions include direction, restriction, coordination, civilize, optimization and radiation.
    道路安全文化的功能包括导向、约束、协调、教化、优化与辐射功能。

verb

1. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
   1. The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized

   Synonym:    civilise

2. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
   1. Cultivate your musical taste
   2. Train your tastebuds
   3. She is well schooled in poetry

   Synonym:    educateschooltraincultivatecivilise