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civilize + noun phrase
直接宾语为被开化的对象。
The government tried to civilize the remote tribes.
政府试图使偏远部落开化。
教化；使开化；使文明
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教化；使开化；使文明
to teach or refine someone so that they become discriminating in taste or judgment
The government tried to civilize the remote tribes.
政府试图使偏远部落开化。
civilise的美式和牛津英式标准拼写。
American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
教导或提高品味或判断力
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
从野蛮状态提升到文明状态
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
civilize
Base
原形
civilizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
civilizing
-ing
现在分词
civilized
Past
过去式
civilized
Past participle
过去分词
Education civilizes people.
教育使人文明。
They civilized the tribe.
他们使部落开化了。
The teacher is civilizing the students.
老师正在教化学生。
The teacher used stories about respect to civilize the younger students.
老师用关于尊重的故事来教化年纪较小的学生。
AI contextual example
Years of working in a library slowly civilized his rough manners.
在图书馆工作多年逐渐使他粗鲁的举止变得文雅。
AI contextual example
Good art and music civilize people's taste and judgment.
优秀的艺术和音乐能陶冶人们的品味与判断力。
AI contextual example
The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized
在森林里发现的野孩子逐渐被教化
WordNet
直接宾语为被开化的对象。
The government tried to civilize the remote tribes.
政府试图使偏远部落开化。
反身代词表示自我提升。
He needs to civilize himself before attending the formal dinner.
他在参加正式晚宴前需要使自己文明起来。
系表结构，表示状态变化。
Over time, the society became more civilized.
随着时间的推移，社会变得更加文明。
Not this
We must civilize to the tribe.
Use this
We must civilize the tribe.
civilize 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词 to。
Not this
She is a civilize person.
Use this
She is a civilized person.
civilize 是动词，此处需要形容词 civilized 来修饰名词 person。
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