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civilize 音标拼音: [s'ɪvəl,ɑɪz] vt. 使开化,使文明
vi. 变文明 使开化,使文明变文明 civilize v 1: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" [synonym: {educate}, {school}, {train}, {cultivate}, {civilize}, {civilise}] 2: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized" [synonym: {civilize}, {civilise}] Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Civilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Civilizing}.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See {Civil}.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. [1913 Webster] Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden [1913 Webster] 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] "Civilizing adultery." --Milton. Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. [1913 Webster] 66 Moby Thesaurus words for "civilize":
acculturate, advance, ameliorate, amend, anthropomorphize, better, boost, bring forward, broaden, broaden the mind, catechize, demonstrate, direct, domesticate, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, forward, foster, give instruction, give lessons in, go straight, ground, guide, humanize, illumine, improve, improve upon, inform, instruct, lard, lift, make an improvement, make human, meliorate, mend, nurture, open the eyes, polish, promote, raise, reeducate, refine, refine upon, reform, school, set right, sharpen the wits, show, show how, socialize, straighten out, tame, teach, teach a lesson, teach the rudiments, transfigure, transform, upgrade, uplift
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