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
civilise的美式和牛津英式标准拼写。；教导或提高品味或判断力；从野蛮状态提升到文明状态
to teach or refine someone so that they become discriminating in taste or judgment
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
一般现在时
Education civilizes people.
教育使人文明。
一般过去时
They civilized the tribe.
他们使部落开化了。
现在进行时
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。
用法提示：此处 civilize 为及物动词原形，用于“use...to do”结构，表示“使……文明、教化”。
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。
用法提示：这里 civilized 是 civilize 的过去式，作及物动词，表示“使……变得文明、有教养”。
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。
用法提示：此处 civilizes 是 civilize 的第三人称单数形式，及物用法，表示“使……文明、使……有修养”。
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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。
grammar · medium
易错句子We must civilize to the tribe.
正确表达We must civilize the tribe.
civilize 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a civilize person.
正确表达She is a civilized person.
civilize 是动词，此处需要形容词 civilized 来修饰名词 person。
civilize是动词，表示使文明化的动作；civilization是名词，指文明本身或文明社会。
civilize是动词，强调使文明的过程；civilized是形容词，描述已经文明的状态。
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