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

• 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。
• According to social conditions, legislative environments and civilizing levels, because of the constraint of traditional ethics and values, the ideas of people need to change, and it will take a long time to understand and accept the ideas of euthanasia;
  从我国的国情、立法环境和文明程度来看，由于受传统伦理道德和价值观念的束缚，民众观念需要转变，对安乐死的认识和接受还需要时间；
• 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
• Many a woman has had civilizing influence upon her husband.
  许多妇女对其丈夫有影响。
• But we're civilizing them! he assured me.
  但这是我们在教化他们，他还狂妄的向我解释说。
• 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。
• Since the era of civilizing, state has been one of the most important organizational forms of human society.
  国家是自人类进入政治性社会后最重要的组织形式之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。