civilizing

英 [ˈsɪvəlaɪzɪŋ]

美 [ˈsɪvəlaɪzɪŋ]

v.  教化; 开化; 使文明; 使有教养
civilize的现在分词

BNC.34812 / COCA.24063

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 civilise


• VERB 教化;使开化
  Tocivilizea person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
  1. ...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...
     一出有关一个男人试图教化一个女人，结果反而被那个女人教化的喜剧
  2. It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
     这产生了教化人类的影响。

双语例句

• But in spite of this great love he bore John thornton, which seemed to bespeak the soft civilizing influence, the strain of the primitive, which the Northland had aroused in him, remained alive and active.
  然而，除了他这种对约翰桑德怀有的伟大的爱这说明了温文尔雅的文明对他的影响，北国从他内心唤起的那种原始的牵引力依然存在而且活跃。
• Influence of the Civilization of Central Plains in the Xia-Shang-Zhou Dynasties on the Civilizing Course of Ancient Society in Huai River Valley
  夏商周中原文明对淮河流域古代社会文明化进程的影响
• Olympism is a being philosophy, also an ideal spirit, and is a civilizing movement to enhance the life quality of the modern people.
  奥林匹克主义是一种生命哲学，也是一种理想精神、一种提升现代人生命质量的文明运动。
• The authors discuss the basic contents of political civilizing construction in ethnic autonomous regions from three aspects, i.e., conditions, means, and missions.
  作者从条件、途径和任务3个方面论述了民族区域自治地方政治文明建设的基本内涵。
• As China rises, what will be the face of its civilizing mission to the rest of the world?
  随着中国的强大，他将以什么样的面目将自己的开化任务呈现给其他国家？
• Under the civilizing influence of the great city, the country boy became a gentleman.
  在大都市的熏陶下，这乡下孩子变成绅士模样了。
• But it is civilizing work, of which scientists are able to feel proud.
  但是，这是一个文明化的工作，对这一工作科学家是可以感到骄傲的。
• Education, which is supposed to be an action of civilizing people, should cherish students 'life.
  教育是一种培养人的活动，应该呵护学生的生命和教会学生热爱生命。
• As a rightful combination of ethnic autonomy and regional autonomy, the regional ethnic autonomy system is an achievement of the political civilizing construction with Chinese characteristics as well as a basis for its future development.
  民族自治和区域自治之间正确结合的民族区域自治制度是中国特色社会主义政治文明建设的成果，也是未来中国特色社会主义政治文明建设的制度基础之一。
• Civilizing the proletariat became part of the self-protective program of the bourgeoisie.
  而对无产阶级的教化也成为资产阶级自保性方案的一部分。