civilizing

英 [ˈsɪvəlaɪzɪŋ]

美 [ˈsɪvəlaɪzɪŋ]

v.  教化; 开化; 使文明; 使有教养
civilize的现在分词

BNC.34812 / COCA.24063

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilise


• VERB 教化;使开化
  Tocivilizea 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。

双语例句

• But we're civilizing them! he assured me.
  但这是我们在教化他们，他还狂妄的向我解释说。
• Civilizing the proletariat became part of the self-protective program of the bourgeoisie.
  而对无产阶级的教化也成为资产阶级自保性方案的一部分。
• Under the civilizing influence of the great city, the country boy became a gentleman.
  在大都市的熏陶下，这乡下孩子变成绅士模样了。
• Besides, schools and teachers shoulder important civilizing function in his personality development and socializing.
  其次，在青少年的个性发展和社会化的进程中，学校和老师担负着重要的教化功能。
• The development of Production technology has civilizing influence upon design. Along with the progress of society and the development of science and technology, the great changes will take place on design theory and means of design in the industry design.
  设计总是受着生产技术发展的影响，随着社会的进步和科技的发展，工业设计在设计理论和设计手段上必将会发生重大的变革。
• Habit and some degree of selection have probably concurred in civilizing by inheritance our dogs.
  习惯和某种程度的淘汰，通过遗传的作用，大概足以使我们的犬类失去野性。
• The authors discuss the basic contents of political civilizing construction in ethnic autonomous regions from three aspects, i.e., conditions, means, and missions.
  作者从条件、途径和任务3个方面论述了民族区域自治地方政治文明建设的基本内涵。
• Researching on Social Civilizing Idea of Morality Books in Ming and Qing Dynasty
  明清劝善书的社会教化思想研究
• On the contrary, the great books are not dusty remains for scholars to investigate, but the most potent civilizing forces in the world today.
  经典名著绝不是供学者钻研的故纸堆，恰恰相反，它们是今日世界上最强大的文明力量。
• Their mission of civilizing and modernizing that society had to be abandoned.
  他们不得不放弃使那个社会变得文明和现代化的使命。