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
domesticated — past of domesticate
栽培（野生植物）；垦殖（土地）；使变得适合家庭生活。；使更适合家庭生活；适应与人类共同生活。；使法律文书在外国司法管辖区内被认可和执行
to tame (a wild animal) and keep it under human care
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.
修改文本元素以适应当地文化。
To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
一般现在时
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。
用法提示：此处 domesticate 是及物动词的不定式形式，表示“驯化”。
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。
用法提示：此处 domesticated 是及物动词的过去式，表示“驯化”。
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。
用法提示：此处 domesticating 是及物动词的现在分词，与 are 构成现在进行时，表示“驯化”。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cat is domestic.
正确表达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’。
grammar · medium
易错句子She wants to domestic the wild horse.
正确表达She wants to domesticate the wild horse.
‘domestic’ 不是动词，动词形式应为 ‘domesticate’，表示‘驯化’。
domesticate 强调长期驯化以适应人类环境，tame 更侧重于短期使其温顺
domestic 是形容词，domesticate 是动词；domestic 描述状态，domesticate 表示动作过程
cultivate 主要用于植物或抽象品质，domesticate 主要用于动物或植物适应人工环境
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