civilize 音标拼音: [s'ɪvəl
, ɑɪz]
vt . 使开化,使文明
vi . 变文明
使开化,使文明变文明
civilize v 1 :
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment ;
"
Cultivate your musical taste "; "
Train your tastebuds ";
"
She is well schooled in poetry " [
synonym : {
educate }, {
school },
{
train }, {
cultivate }, {
civilize }, {
civilise }]
2 :
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state ; "
The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized " [
synonym :
{
civilize }, {
civilise }]
Civilize \
Civ "
i *
lize \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Civilized };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Civilizing }.] [
Cf .
F .
civilizer ,
fr .
L .
civilis civil .
See {
Civil }.]
1 .
To reclaim from a savage state ;
to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization ;
to educate ;
to refine .
[
1913 Webster ]
Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize ,
as to subdue . --
Dryden [
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To admit as suitable to a civilized state . [
Obs .
or R .]
"
Civilizing adultery ." --
Milton .
Syn :
To polish ;
refine ;
humanize .
[
1913 Webster ]
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "
civilize ":
acculturate ,
advance ,
ameliorate ,
amend ,
anthropomorphize ,
better ,
boost ,
bring forward ,
broaden ,
broaden the mind ,
catechize ,
demonstrate ,
direct ,
domesticate ,
edify ,
educate ,
elevate ,
emend ,
enhance ,
enlighten ,
enrich ,
fatten ,
favor ,
forward ,
foster ,
give instruction ,
give lessons in ,
go straight ,
ground ,
guide ,
humanize ,
illumine ,
improve ,
improve upon ,
inform ,
instruct ,
lard ,
lift ,
make an improvement ,
make human ,
meliorate ,
mend ,
nurture ,
open the eyes ,
polish ,
promote ,
raise ,
reeducate ,
refine ,
refine upon ,
reform ,
school ,
set right ,
sharpen the wits ,
show ,
show how ,
socialize ,
straighten out ,
tame ,
teach ,
teach a lesson ,
teach the rudiments ,
transfigure ,
transform ,
upgrade ,
uplift
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