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civilizes
教化；使开化；使文明
civilizes is the third person singular of civilize.
核心释义
to teach or refine someone so that they become discriminating in taste or judgment
- 1.
civilise的美式和牛津英式标准拼写。
American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
- 2.
教导或提高品味或判断力
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- 3.
从野蛮状态提升到文明状态
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
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；使开化；使文明
用法In use
The teacher used stories about respect to civilize the younger students.
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”。
Years of working in a library slowly civilized his rough manners.
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”。
Good art and music civilize people's taste and judgment.
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”。
The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized
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。
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