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

• She is credited with advancing the civilizing influence of culture upon humanity, inventing the flute, trumpet, potter's wheel, earthenware, plough, rake and ox-yoke.
  她具有向人类推进教化的文化的影响，发明长笛，喇叭，陶器工人的车轮，陶器，犁，耙和公牛轭。
• 'Wenweng civilizing ancient Shu', an important event in Studies, influenced greatly the moral integrity and cultural education of officials in Ba-Shu and the whole country.
  文翁化蜀是蜀学发展史上的一件大事，对巴蜀乃至全国吏治、文教等都产生了深远影响。
• 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。
• 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 development of Production technology has civilizing influence upon design. Along with the progress of society and the development of science and technology, the great changes will take place on design theory and means of design in the industry design.
  设计总是受着生产技术发展的影响，随着社会的进步和科技的发展，工业设计在设计理论和设计手段上必将会发生重大的变革。
• His wife has had a civilizing influence on him.
  他妻子对改进他举止言谈有潜移默化的影响。
• Wang Anshi's social civilizing theory is an important part of his academic thinking system and valuable thinking wealth in Chinese traditional culture.
  王安石的社会教化理论是王安石学术思想体系的重要组成部分，也是中国传统文化中宝贵的思想财富。
• Civilize, his wife has a civilizing influence on him.
  他的妻子对他起到了教化作用。
• 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。
• Besides, schools and teachers shoulder important civilizing function in his personality development and socializing.
  其次，在青少年的个性发展和社会化的进程中，学校和老师担负着重要的教化功能。