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

• 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 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？
• 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。
• Their mission of civilizing and modernizing that society had to be abandoned.
  他们不得不放弃使那个社会变得文明和现代化的使命。
• Researching on Social Civilizing Idea of Morality Books in Ming and Qing Dynasty
  明清劝善书的社会教化思想研究
• On the contrary, the great books are not dusty remains for scholars to investigate, but the most potent civilizing forces in the world today.
  经典名著绝不是供学者钻研的故纸堆，恰恰相反，它们是今日世界上最强大的文明力量。
• 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。
• Habit and some degree of selection have probably concurred in civilizing by inheritance our dogs.
  习惯和某种程度的淘汰，通过遗传的作用，大概足以使我们的犬类失去野性。
• Many a woman has had civilizing influence upon her husband.
  许多妇女对其丈夫有影响。
• 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。