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domesticate + noun (animal or plant)
Humans began to domesticate wild horses thousands of years ago.
人类数千年前开始驯化野马。
驯养；驯化
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驯养；驯化
to tame (a wild animal) and keep it under human care
Humans began to domesticate wild horses thousands of years ago.
人类数千年前开始驯化野马。
使变得适合家庭生活。
To make domestic.
使更适合家庭生活
To make (more) fit for domestic life.
适应与人类共同生活。
To adapt to live with humans.
使法律文书在外国司法管辖区内被认可和执行
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
domesticate
Base
原形
domesticates
3rd person
第三人称单数
domesticating
-ing
现在分词
domesticated
Past
过去式
domesticated
Past participle
过去分词
Farmers domesticate wild animals for food and labor.
农民驯养野生动物以获取食物和劳力。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
People have tried to domesticate wild horses for thousands of years.
几千年来，人们一直试图驯化野马。
Farmers domesticated many wild plants before they started keeping animals.
农民在开始饲养动物之前，就已经驯化了许多野生植物。
By controlling their food and shelter, we are slowly domesticating these birds.
通过控制食物和栖息地，我们正在慢慢驯化这些鸟。
Humans began to domesticate wild horses thousands of years ago.
人类数千年前开始驯化野马。
此用法可能带有文化偏见，需谨慎使用。
The missionaries aimed to domesticate the indigenous people.
传教士旨在教化土著人。
Dogs are the most completely domesticated animals.
狗是最完全被驯化的动物。
Not this
The cat is domestic.
Use this
The cat is domesticated.
‘domestic’ 是形容词或名词，而此处需要动词的过去分词 ‘domesticated’ 作表语，表示‘被驯化的’。
Not this
She wants to domestic the wild horse.
Use this
She wants to domesticate the wild horse.
‘domestic’ 不是动词，动词形式应为 ‘domesticate’，表示‘驯化’。
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