civilise

US [ˈsɪvɪˌlaɪz]
UK [ˈsɪvəlaɪz]
  • v.教化；开化；使文明；使有教养
  • Web文明化；开导
Simple Present：civilizes  Present Participle：civilizing  Past Tense：civilized  

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civilise
v.
1.
~ sb/sth
教化；开化；使文明；使有教养to educate and improve a person or a society; to make sb's behaviour or manners better
The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys.
班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。

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Thousands of Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families and raised by whites in a government policy to "civilise" them.
按照政府“教化”土著居民的政策，成千上万的土著孩子曾被强行从家中带走并交由白人抚养。
àn zhào zhèng fǔ " jiào huà " tǔ zhù jū mín de zhèng cè , chéng qiān shàng wàn de tǔ zhù hái zi céng bèi qiáng xíng cóng jiā zhōng dài zǒu bìng jiāo yóu bái rén fǔ yǎng 。
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Better plumbing, a taste for innovation, and a mission to civilise immigrants all played a part.
更好的探索，创新的尝试，一系列使移民更文明的任务都在起着作用。
gèng hǎo de tàn suǒ , chuàng xīn de cháng shì , yí xì liè shǐ yí mín gèng wén míng de rèn wu dōu zài qǐ zhe zuò yòng 。
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Man was determined to civilise himself and his brothers, even if heads had to roll!
人下决心使自己和他的兄弟们文明起来，即便那意味着人头落地！
rén xià jué xīn shǐ zì jǐ hé tā de xiōng dì men wén míng qǐ lái , jí biàn nà yì wèi zhe rén tóu luò dì !
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Eg The Romans hoped to civilise all the tribes of Europe.
罗马人希望教化欧洲所有的部落。
luó mǎ rén xī wàng jiào huà ōu zhōu suǒ yǒu de bù luò 。
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Every uncivilised country has a decision to allow them to civilise.
所有未开化国家有一个让他们开化的决议。
suǒ yǒu wèi kāi huà guó jiā yǒu yī gè ràng tā men kāi huà de jué yì 。
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The policy aimed to "civilise" Aborigines
当时的政策是为了“教化”土著居民
dāng shí de zhèng cè shì wèi le " jiào huà " tǔ zhù jū mín
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