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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It exerts a civilizing influence on mankind.
  这产生了教化人类的影响。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。